#A8CA73#A8CA73

#A8CA73 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.120 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CA73
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 115)
HSL	hsl(83, 45%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(83, 43%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 43.1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -25.74, 39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 47.28, 122.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0711 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.12 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3632, 51.8033, 24.0889)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CA73 #9573CA

analogous

#CAC173 #A8CA73 #7DCA73

triadic

#A8CA73 #73A8CA #CA73A8

tetradic

#A8CA73 #73CAC1 #9573CA #CA737D

square

#A8CA73 #73CAC1 #9573CA #CA737D

split-complementary

#A8CA73 #737DCA #C173CA

monochromatic

#6B8D35 #8CB947 #A8CA73 #C4DB9F #DFECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#A8CA73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#A8CA73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CA73

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CA73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CA73	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)

#D2C06C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBE78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADC3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ca73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.120 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3da9c',
    500: '#a8ca73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ca73;
$custom-light: #c3da9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ca73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.448,
    "s": 45.078,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79415,
    "c": 0.11979,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CA73

secondary

#694D94

accent

#2DB864

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FBF5

border

#D2D4CF

text

#13140E

muted

#82837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CA73

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

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