#A8CD79#A8CD79

#A8CD79 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.118 H 128.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CD79
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(86, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(86, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -26.46, 37.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 46.16, 124.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0728 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.118 128.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4305, 53.3674, 26.2037)
Luminance	0.5337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CD79 #9E79CD

analogous

#CDC879 #A8CD79 #7ECD79

triadic

#A8CD79 #79A8CD #CD79A8

tetradic

#A8CD79 #79CDC8 #9E79CD #CD797E

square

#A8CD79 #79CDC8 #9E79CD #CD797E

split-complementary

#A8CD79 #797ECD #C879CD

monochromatic

#6B9437 #8BBC4C #A8CD79 #C5DEA6 #E2EED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#A8CD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#A8CD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CD79

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CD79	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACC6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.118 128.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3dca1',
    500: '#a8cd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cd79;
$custom-light: #c3dca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.429,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80189,
    "c": 0.1177,
    "h": 128.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CD79

secondary

#71509B

accent

#2DB96A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13150F

muted

#828480

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CD79

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →