HEX Color #A8BD1D (Yellowgreen)

About #A8BD1D

The precise color #A8BD1D is an excellent choice for modern design projects. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Yellowgreen. This translates to an RGB value of rgb(168, 189, 29).

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 11% cyan and 0% magenta inks. Always request a physical proof before doing a large print run with this exact code.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A8BD1D

RGB168, 189, 29

HSL67.9°, 73.4%, 42.7%

CMYK11%, 0%, 85%, 26%

HSV67.9°, 84.7%, 74.1%

LAB72.8, -25.7, 69.3

XYZ34.6, 44.8, 8.0

Decimal11058461

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#A8BD1D #321DBD

Analogous

#BD821D #57BD1D

Triadic

#1DA7BD #BD1DA7

Tetradic

#1DBD82 #321DBD #BD1D57

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#A8BD1D

#B1C436

#BBCB4F

#C5D368

#CEDA81

#D8E19A

#E2E9B3

#EBF0CC

#F5F7E5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#A8BD1D

#95A819

#829316

#707E13

#5D6910

#4A540C

#383F09

#252A06

#121503

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.11:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

9.96:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.01:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

8.47:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A8BD1D; }

.text-color { color: #A8BD1D; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #A8BD1D; }

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