#A0C51D

A medium, vivid yellow closely aligning with Yellowgreen.

About #A0C51D

When working with digital screens, the color #A0C51D is rendered by mixing light. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Yellowgreen. Its digital footprint relies on 160 parts red, 197 parts green, and 29 parts blue light.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 19% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 73.2 degrees, it sits comfortably in the yellow spectrum.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A0C51D
RGB160, 197, 29
HSL73.2°, 74.3%, 44.3%
CMYK19%, 0%, 85%, 23%
HSV73.2°, 85.3%, 77.3%
LAB74.5, -32.8, 70.6
XYZ34.7, 47.5, 8.5
Decimal10536221

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.00:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
10.50:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.91:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
8.93:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A0C51D; }
.text-color { color: #A0C51D; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A0C51D; }

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