#A8CE57#A8CE57

#A8CE57 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.153 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CE57
RGB	rgb(168, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(79, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(79, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, -30.52, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 61.99, 119.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.0867 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.153 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9402, 53.1552, 17.1708)
Luminance	0.5316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CE57 #7D57CE

analogous

#CEB957 #A8CE57 #6CCE57

triadic

#A8CE57 #57A8CE #CE57A8

tetradic

#A8CE57 #57CEB9 #7D57CE #CE576C

square

#A8CE57 #57CEB9 #7D57CE #CE576C

split-complementary

#A8CE57 #576CCE #B957CE

monochromatic

#668427 #8BB334 #A8CE57 #C1DC86 #D9EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#A8CE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#A8CE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CE57

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CE57	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.153 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4dd8a',
    500: '#a8ce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ce57;
$custom-light: #c4dd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.16,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79956,
    "c": 0.15263,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CE57

secondary

#573E8B

accent

#4ADE79

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CE57

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

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