#A8CA52#A8CA52

#A8CA52 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.152 H 123.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CA52
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(77, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(77, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 59.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -29.05, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 62.06, 117.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0831 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.152 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7922, 51.1749, 15.8151)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CA52 #7452CA

analogous

#CAB052 #A8CA52 #6CCA52

triadic

#A8CA52 #52A8CA #CA52A8

tetradic

#A8CA52 #52CAB0 #7452CA #CA526C

square

#A8CA52 #52CAB0 #7452CA #CA526C

split-complementary

#A8CA52 #526CCA #B052CA

monochromatic

#637C26 #89AB34 #A8CA52 #C0D881 #D7E7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#A8CA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#A8CA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CA52

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CA52	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.152 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4da87',
    500: '#a8ca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ca52;
$custom-light: #c4da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77,
    "s": 53.097,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78988,
    "c": 0.1517,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CA52

secondary

#513C84

accent

#4BDD74

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FBF3

border

#D2D4CD

text

#13140C

muted

#82837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CA52

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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