#A8CA72#A8CA72

#A8CA72 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.121 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CA72
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 114)
HSL	hsl(83, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(83, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 43.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -25.86, 40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 47.75, 122.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0715 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.121 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3060, 51.7804, 23.7875)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CA72 #9472CA

analogous

#CAC072 #A8CA72 #7CCA72

triadic

#A8CA72 #72A8CA #CA72A8

tetradic

#A8CA72 #72CAC0 #9472CA #CA727C

square

#A8CA72 #72CAC0 #9472CA #CA727C

split-complementary

#A8CA72 #727CCA #C072CA

monochromatic

#6B8D35 #8DB946 #A8CA72 #C3DB9E #DFEBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#A8CA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#A8CA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CA72

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CA72	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C06B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBE77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ca72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.121 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3da9c',
    500: '#a8ca72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ca72;
$custom-light: #c3da9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ca72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.182,
    "s": 45.361,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.794,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CA72

secondary

#684D94

accent

#2DB963

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FBF5

border

#D2D4CF

text

#13140E

muted

#82837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CA72

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →