#A8CA55#A8CA55

#A8CA55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.149 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A8CA55
RGBrgb(168, 202, 85)
HSLhsl(77, 52%, 56%)
HSVhsv(77, 58%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(16.8%, 0%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(76.81, -28.80, 53.55)
CIE-LCHlch(76.81, 60.80, 118.27°)
OKLaboklab(79.02% -0.0821 0.1245)
OKLCHoklch(79.02% 0.149 123.4)
XYZxyz(38.9089, 51.2216, 16.4295)
Luminance0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A8CA55 #7755CA
analogous
#CAB255 #A8CA55 #6ECA55
triadic
#A8CA55 #55A8CA #CA55A8
tetradic
#A8CA55 #55CAB2 #7755CA #CA556E
square
#A8CA55 #55CAB2 #7755CA #CA556E
split-complementary
#A8CA55 #556ECA #B255CA
monochromatic
#647D27 #8AAC36 #A8CA55 #C0D984 #D8E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87
#A8CA55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24
#A8CA55 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CA55
11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A8CA55#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A8CA551.001.8711.2411.24
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2421.001.001.00
##00000011.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BF48
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BD5D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AFC1B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a8ca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.149 123.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4da89',
    500: '#a8ca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a8ca55;
$custom-light: #c4da89;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a8ca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.436,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7902,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A8CA55
secondary
#533E85
accent
#4CDC76
background
#FDFEFC
surface
#F9FBF4
border
#D2D4CE
text
#13140C
muted
#82837F

Preview Lab

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#A8CA55 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva