#A8CE38#A8CE38

#A8CE38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.175 H 123.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CE38
RGB	rgb(168, 206, 56)
HSL	hsl(75, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(75, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, -32.67, 66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 73.69, 116.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.0954 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.175 123)
XYZ	xyz(38.9341, 52.7528, 11.8718)
Luminance	0.5275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CE38 #5E38CE

analogous

#CEA938 #A8CE38 #5DCE38

triadic

#A8CE38 #38A8CE #CE38A8

tetradic

#A8CE38 #38CEA9 #5E38CE #CE385D

square

#A8CE38 #38CEA9 #5E38CE #CE385D

split-complementary

#A8CE38 #385DCE #A938CE

monochromatic

#5B701C #82A128 #A8CE38 #BDDA69 #D3E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#A8CE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#A8CE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CE38

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CE38	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)

#DAC11A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ce38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 206, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.175 123.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dd79',
    500: '#a8ce38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ce38;
$custom-light: #c6dd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ce38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.2,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79688,
    "c": 0.17519,
    "h": 123
  },
  "luminance": 0.52753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CE38

secondary

#433179

accent

#44E46D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CE38

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

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