#A8CD56#A8CD56

#A8CD56 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.152 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CD56
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(79, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(79, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -30.14, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 61.90, 119.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0857 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.152 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6597, 52.6591, 16.8771)
Luminance	0.5266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CD56 #7B56CD

analogous

#CDB656 #A8CD56 #6DCD56

triadic

#A8CD56 #56A8CD #CD56A8

tetradic

#A8CD56 #56CDB6 #7B56CD #CD566D

square

#A8CD56 #56CDB6 #7B56CD #CD566D

split-complementary

#A8CD56 #566DCD #B656CD

monochromatic

#668226 #8BB134 #A8CD56 #C0DB85 #D9E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#A8CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#A8CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CD56

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CD56	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)

#D8C149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.152 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4dc8a',
    500: '#a8cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cd56;
$custom-light: #c4dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.655,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79717,
    "c": 0.15217,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CD56

secondary

#553E89

accent

#4ADE78

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CD56

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

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