#A8CA57#A8CA57

#A8CA57 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.147 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CA57
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(78, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(78, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -28.63, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 59.95, 118.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0814 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.147 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9895, 51.2538, 16.8539)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CA57 #7957CA

analogous

#CAB357 #A8CA57 #6FCA57

triadic

#A8CA57 #57A8CA #CA57A8

tetradic

#A8CA57 #57CAB3 #7957CA #CA576F

square

#A8CA57 #57CAB3 #7957CA #CA576F

split-complementary

#A8CA57 #576FCA #B357CA

monochromatic

#657F28 #8AAD37 #A8CA57 #C0D986 #D8E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#A8CA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#A8CA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CA57

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CA57	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)

#D4BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.147 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4da8a',
    500: '#a8ca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ca57;
$custom-light: #c4da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.739,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79042,
    "c": 0.14738,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CA57

secondary

#543F87

accent

#4CDB77

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FBF4

border

#D2D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#82837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CA57

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

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