#A8CD3B#A8CD3B

#A8CD3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.172 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CD3B
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 59)
HSL	hsl(75, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(75, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, -32.04, 64.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 72.24, 116.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0934 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.172 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7697, 52.3031, 12.1898)
Luminance	0.5230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CD3B #603BCD

analogous

#CDA93B #A8CD3B #5FCD3B

triadic

#A8CD3B #3BA8CD #CD3BA8

tetradic

#A8CD3B #3BCDA9 #603BCD #CD3B5F

square

#A8CD3B #3BCDA9 #603BCD #CD3B5F

split-complementary

#A8CD3B #3B5FCD #A93BCD

monochromatic

#5C711D #83A229 #A8CD3B #BED96C #D3E69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A8CD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#A8CD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CD3B

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CD3B	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.172 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5dc7a',
    500: '#a8cd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cd3b;
$custom-light: #c5dc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.205,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79478,
    "c": 0.17221,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CD3B

secondary

#44327A

accent

#45E36D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CD3B

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

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