#A8CB51#A8CB51

#A8CB51 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.154 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CB51
RGB	rgb(168, 203, 81)
HSL	hsl(77, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(77, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 0%, 60.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -29.60, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 62.98, 118.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0847 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.154 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9899, 51.6306, 15.6946)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CB51 #7451CB

analogous

#CBB151 #A8CB51 #6BCB51

triadic

#A8CB51 #51A8CB #CB51A8

tetradic

#A8CB51 #51CBB1 #7451CB #CB516B

square

#A8CB51 #51CBB1 #7451CB #CB516B

split-complementary

#A8CB51 #516BCB #B151CB

monochromatic

#637C25 #89AC33 #A8CB51 #C0D980 #D7E7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#A8CB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#A8CB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CB51

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CB51	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 203, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.154 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4db86',
    500: '#a8cb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cb51;
$custom-light: #c4db86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.213,
    "s": 53.982,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79207,
    "c": 0.15382,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CB51

secondary

#513C84

accent

#4ADD75

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FBF2

border

#D2D4CC

text

#13150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CB51

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

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