#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
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(77, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(77, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -28.80, 53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 60.80, 118.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0821 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.149 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9089, 51.2216, 16.4295)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##A8CA55	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)

#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

Preview with #A8CA55

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

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