HEX Color #A8CC42 (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

#A8CC42 #6541CC

Analogous

#CCAB41 #62CC41

Triadic

#41A7CC #CC41A8

Tetradic

#41CCAB #6541CC #CC4162

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#A8CC42

#B1D157

#BBD76C

#C5DD81

#CEE296

#D8E8AB

#E2EEC0

#EBF3D5

#F5F9EA

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#A8CC42

#95B53A

#829E33

#70882C

#5D7124

#4A5A1D

#384416

#252D0E

#121607

#000000

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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