#A8CD55#A8CD55

#A8CD55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.153 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CD55
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(79, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(79, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -30.22, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 62.32, 119.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0861 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.153 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.6196, 52.6431, 16.6664)
Luminance	0.5264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CD55 #7A55CD

analogous

#CDB655 #A8CD55 #6CCD55

triadic

#A8CD55 #55A8CD #CD55A8

tetradic

#A8CD55 #55CDB6 #7A55CD #CD556C

square

#A8CD55 #55CDB6 #7A55CD #CD556C

split-complementary

#A8CD55 #556CCD #B655CD

monochromatic

#658226 #8AB134 #A8CD55 #C0DB84 #D8E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#A8CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#A8CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CD55

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CD55	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.153 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4dc89',
    500: '#a8cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cd55;
$custom-light: #c4dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79706,
    "c": 0.15304,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CD55

secondary

#553D89

accent

#4ADE78

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CD55

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

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