#A8CE37#A8CE37

#A8CE37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.176 H 123.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CE37
RGB	rgb(168, 206, 55)
HSL	hsl(75, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(75, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 73.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -32.72, 66.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 74.01, 116.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.0956 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.176 123)
XYZ	xyz(38.9098, 52.7431, 11.7442)
Luminance	0.5274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CE37 #5D37CE

analogous

#CEA837 #A8CE37 #5CCE37

triadic

#A8CE37 #37A8CE #CE37A8

tetradic

#A8CE37 #37CEA8 #5D37CE #CE375C

square

#A8CE37 #37CEA8 #5D37CE #CE375C

split-complementary

#A8CE37 #375CCE #A837CE

monochromatic

#5A6F1B #82A027 #A8CE37 #BDDA68 #D3E699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#A8CE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#A8CE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CE37

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CE37	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ce37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 206, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.176 123.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dd78',
    500: '#a8ce37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ce37;
$custom-light: #c6dd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ce37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.099,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79682,
    "c": 0.17577,
    "h": 123
  },
  "luminance": 0.52743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CE37

secondary

#433179

accent

#44E46C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CE37

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

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