#A8CC42

A medium, moderate green closely aligning with Yellowgreen.

About #A8CC42

The hex code #A8CC42 represents a beautifully specific shade of green. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Yellowgreen. In the RGB color space, it consists of 168 red, 204 green, and 66 blue.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 18% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 75.7° hue, 57.5% saturation, and 52.9% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A8CC42
RGB168, 204, 66
HSL75.7°, 57.5%, 52.9%
CMYK18%, 0%, 68%, 20%
HSV75.7°, 67.6%, 80.0%
LAB77.2, -31.2, 61.9
XYZ38.7, 51.9, 13.1
Decimal11062338

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.85:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
11.38:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.76:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
9.68:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A8CC42; }
.text-color { color: #A8CC42; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A8CC42; }

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