#A8CE3E#A8CE3E

#A8CE3E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.172 H 123.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CE3E
RGB	rgb(168, 206, 62)
HSL	hsl(76, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(76, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -32.33, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 71.67, 116.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.094 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.172 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0897, 52.8150, 12.6915)
Luminance	0.5282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CE3E #643ECE

analogous

#CEAC3E #A8CE3E #60CE3E

triadic

#A8CE3E #3EA8CE #CE3EA8

tetradic

#A8CE3E #3ECEAC #643ECE #CE3E60

square

#A8CE3E #3ECEAC #643ECE #CE3E60

split-complementary

#A8CE3E #3E60CE #AC3ECE

monochromatic

#5D741D #84A52A #A8CE3E #BEDA6F #D4E7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#A8CE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#A8CE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CE3E

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CE3E	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ce3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 206, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.172 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5dd7c',
    500: '#a8ce3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ce3e;
$custom-light: #c5dd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ce3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.833,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7973,
    "c": 0.17153,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CE3E

secondary

#47337D

accent

#45E36F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CE3E

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

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