#A8C50F

A medium, vivid yellow closely aligning with Yellowgreen.

About #A8C50F

The precise color #A8C50F is an excellent choice for modern design projects. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Yellowgreen. Its digital footprint relies on 168 parts red, 197 parts green, and 15 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 15% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 69.6° hue, 85.8% saturation, and 41.6% lightness.

When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. 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#A8C50F
RGB168, 197, 15
HSL69.6°, 85.8%, 41.6%
CMYK15%, 0%, 92%, 23%
HSV69.6°, 92.4%, 77.3%
LAB75.0, -29.8, 73.6
XYZ36.2, 48.3, 7.9
Decimal11060495

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.97:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
10.66:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.88:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
9.06:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A8C50F; }
.text-color { color: #A8C50F; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A8C50F; }

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