#A8CB42#A8CB42

#A8CB42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.165 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CB42
RGB	rgb(168, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(75, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(75, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -30.68, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 68.84, 116.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0891 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.165 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4882, 51.4299, 13.0525)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CB42 #6542CB

analogous

#CBA942 #A8CB42 #64CB42

triadic

#A8CB42 #42A8CB #CB42A8

tetradic

#A8CB42 #42CBA9 #6542CB #CB4264

square

#A8CB42 #42CBA9 #6542CB #CB4264

split-complementary

#A8CB42 #4264CB #A942CB

monochromatic

#5E7320 #85A32D #A8CB42 #BED872 #D4E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#A8CB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#A8CB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CB42

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CB42	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.165 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5db7e',
    500: '#a8cb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cb42;
$custom-light: #c5db7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.328,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79071,
    "c": 0.16523,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CB42

secondary

#47357C

accent

#48E06F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CB42

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

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