#A8CE42#A8CE42

#A8CE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.169 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CE42
RGB	rgb(168, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(76, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(76, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, -32.09, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 70.26, 117.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.093 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.169 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.2035, 52.8606, 13.2910)
Luminance	0.5286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CE42 #6842CE

analogous

#CEAE42 #A8CE42 #62CE42

triadic

#A8CE42 #42A8CE #CE42A8

tetradic

#A8CE42 #42CEAE #6842CE #CE4262

square

#A8CE42 #42CEAE #6842CE #CE4262

split-complementary

#A8CE42 #4262CE #AE42CE

monochromatic

#5F771F #86A72B #A8CE42 #BEDB73 #D5E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#A8CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#A8CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CE42

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CE42	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.169 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5dd7e',
    500: '#a8ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ce42;
$custom-light: #c5dd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7976,
    "c": 0.16889,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CE42

secondary

#49357F

accent

#46E270

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CE42

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

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