#A8CA59#A8CA59

#A8CA59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.146 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CA59
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(78, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(78, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -28.45, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 59.09, 118.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0808 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.146 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0723, 51.2869, 17.2902)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CA59 #7B59CA

analogous

#CAB459 #A8CA59 #70CA59

triadic

#A8CA59 #59A8CA #CA59A8

tetradic

#A8CA59 #59CAB4 #7B59CA #CA5970

square

#A8CA59 #59CAB4 #7B59CA #CA5970

split-complementary

#A8CA59 #5970CA #B459CA

monochromatic

#668029 #8BAE38 #A8CA59 #C0D987 #D9E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#A8CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#A8CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CA59

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CA59	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.146 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4da8b',
    500: '#a8ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ca59;
$custom-light: #c4da8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.053,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79065,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CA59

secondary

#554088

accent

#4DDB78

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FBF4

border

#D2D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#82837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CA59

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

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