#A8CD38#A8CD38

#A8CD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.174 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CD38
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(75, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(75, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -32.20, 65.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 73.24, 116.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0941 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.174 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6941, 52.2728, 11.7918)
Luminance	0.5227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CD38 #5D38CD

analogous

#CDA738 #A8CD38 #5DCD38

triadic

#A8CD38 #38A8CD #CD38A8

tetradic

#A8CD38 #38CDA7 #5D38CD #CD385D

square

#A8CD38 #38CDA7 #5D38CD #CD385D

split-complementary

#A8CD38 #385DCD #A738CD

monochromatic

#5A6F1C #82A028 #A8CD38 #BDD969 #D3E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A8CD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#A8CD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CD38

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CD38	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)

#D9C01B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.174 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dc79',
    500: '#a8cd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cd38;
$custom-light: #c6dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.899,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79458,
    "c": 0.17401,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CD38

secondary

#433178

accent

#45E36C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CD38

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

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