#A8CF42#A8CF42

#A8CF42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.170 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CF42
RGB	rgb(168, 207, 66)
HSL	hsl(77, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(77, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 0%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -32.55, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 70.73, 117.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0943 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.17 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4450, 53.3436, 13.3715)
Luminance	0.5334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CF42 #6942CF

analogous

#CFB042 #A8CF42 #61CF42

triadic

#A8CF42 #42A8CF #CF42A8

tetradic

#A8CF42 #42CFB0 #6942CF #CF4261

square

#A8CF42 #42CFB0 #6942CF #CF4261

split-complementary

#A8CF42 #4261CF #B042CF

monochromatic

#5F781F #86A92B #A8CF42 #BEDB73 #D5E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#A8CF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#A8CF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CF42

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CF42	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 207, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.170 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5dd7e',
    500: '#a8cf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cf42;
$custom-light: #c5dd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.596,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7999,
    "c": 0.1701,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CF42

secondary

#4A3580

accent

#45E371

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CF42

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

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