#A8CD36#A8CD36

#A8CD36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.175 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CD36
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 54)
HSL	hsl(75, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(75, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -32.31, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 73.88, 115.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0946 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.175 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6461, 52.2537, 11.5393)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CD36 #5B36CD

analogous

#CDA636 #A8CD36 #5CCD36

triadic

#A8CD36 #36A8CD #CD36A8

tetradic

#A8CD36 #36CDA6 #5B36CD #CD365C

square

#A8CD36 #36CDA6 #5B36CD #CD365C

split-complementary

#A8CD36 #365CCD #A636CD

monochromatic

#596D1B #819E27 #A8CD36 #BDD967 #D2E598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A8CD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#A8CD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CD36

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CD36	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.175 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dc78',
    500: '#a8cd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cd36;
$custom-light: #c6dc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.702,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79445,
    "c": 0.17516,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CD36

secondary

#423077

accent

#44E36B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF1

border

#D3D5CB

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CD36

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

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