#A8CD37#A8CD37

#A8CD37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.175 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CD37
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 55)
HSL	hsl(75, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(75, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -32.26, 66.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 73.56, 116.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0944 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.175 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6699, 52.2632, 11.6643)
Luminance	0.5226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CD37 #5C37CD

analogous

#CDA737 #A8CD37 #5DCD37

triadic

#A8CD37 #37A8CD #CD37A8

tetradic

#A8CD37 #37CDA7 #5C37CD #CD375D

square

#A8CD37 #37CDA7 #5C37CD #CD375D

split-complementary

#A8CD37 #375DCD #A737CD

monochromatic

#5A6E1C #829F28 #A8CD37 #BDD968 #D3E599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A8CD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#A8CD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CD37

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CD37	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)

#D9C018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.175 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dc78',
    500: '#a8cd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cd37;
$custom-light: #c6dc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.8,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79451,
    "c": 0.1746,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CD37

secondary

#423177

accent

#45E36C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CD37

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

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