#A8CD49#A8CD49

#A8CD49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.163 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CD49
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(77, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(77, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -31.15, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 67.16, 117.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0898 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.163 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1827, 52.4683, 14.3652)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CD49 #6E49CD

analogous

#CDB049 #A8CD49 #66CD49

triadic

#A8CD49 #49A8CD #CD49A8

tetradic

#A8CD49 #49CDB0 #6E49CD #CD4966

square

#A8CD49 #49CDB0 #6E49CD #CD4966

split-complementary

#A8CD49 #4966CD #B049CD

monochromatic

#617A22 #88AA2F #A8CD49 #BFDA79 #D6E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A8CD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#A8CD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CD49

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CD49	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.163 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5dc82',
    500: '#a8cd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cd49;
$custom-light: #c5dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.818,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79589,
    "c": 0.16266,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CD49

secondary

#4D3882

accent

#48E072

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CD49

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

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