#A8CD40#A8CD40

#A8CD40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.169 H 123.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CD40
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(76, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(76, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -31.75, 62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 70.50, 116.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0922 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.169 123.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9056, 52.3574, 12.9058)
Luminance	0.5236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CD40 #6540CD

analogous

#CDAC40 #A8CD40 #61CD40

triadic

#A8CD40 #40A8CD #CD40A8

tetradic

#A8CD40 #40CDAC #6540CD #CD4061

square

#A8CD40 #40CDAC #6540CD #CD4061

split-complementary

#A8CD40 #4061CD #AC40CD

monochromatic

#5E741E #85A52B #A8CD40 #BEDA71 #D4E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A8CD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#A8CD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CD40

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CD40	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.169 123.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5dc7d',
    500: '#a8cd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cd40;
$custom-light: #c5dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.745,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79515,
    "c": 0.16902,
    "h": 123.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CD40

secondary

#47347D

accent

#46E26F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CD40

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

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