#A8CA56#A8CA56

#A8CA56 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.148 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CA56
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(78, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(78, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -28.71, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 60.38, 118.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0818 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.148 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9489, 51.2376, 16.6402)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CA56 #7856CA

analogous

#CAB256 #A8CA56 #6ECA56

triadic

#A8CA56 #56A8CA #CA56A8

tetradic

#A8CA56 #56CAB2 #7856CA #CA566E

square

#A8CA56 #56CAB2 #7856CA #CA566E

split-complementary

#A8CA56 #566ECA #B256CA

monochromatic

#657E28 #8AAD36 #A8CA56 #C0D985 #D8E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#A8CA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#A8CA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CA56

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CA56	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.148 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4da8a',
    500: '#a8ca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ca56;
$custom-light: #c4da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.586,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79031,
    "c": 0.14826,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CA56

secondary

#533E86

accent

#4CDC76

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FBF4

border

#D2D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#82837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CA56

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

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