#A8CD42#A8CD42

#A8CD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.168 H 123.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CD42
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(76, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(76, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, -31.62, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 69.78, 116.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0917 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.168 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9635, 52.3806, 13.2110)
Luminance	0.5238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CD42 #6742CD

analogous

#CDAC42 #A8CD42 #62CD42

triadic

#A8CD42 #42A8CD #CD42A8

tetradic

#A8CD42 #42CDAC #6742CD #CD4262

square

#A8CD42 #42CDAC #6742CD #CD4262

split-complementary

#A8CD42 #4262CD #AC42CD

monochromatic

#5F761F #85A62C #A8CD42 #BEDA72 #D5E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A8CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#A8CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CD42

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CD42	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.168 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5dc7e',
    500: '#a8cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cd42;
$custom-light: #c5dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.971,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7953,
    "c": 0.16767,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CD42

secondary

#49357E

accent

#46E170

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CD42

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

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