#A8D349

A medium, moderate green closely aligning with Yellowgreen.

About #A8D349

When working with digital screens, the color #A8D349 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Yellowgreen. In the RGB color space, it consists of 168 red, 211 green, and 73 blue.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. The color uses 20% Cyan, 0% Magenta, 65% Yellow, and 17% Black. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. 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#A8D349
RGB168, 211, 73
HSL78.7°, 61.1%, 55.7%
CMYK20%, 0%, 65%, 17%
HSV78.7°, 65.4%, 82.7%
LAB79.3, -33.9, 61.3
XYZ40.6, 55.4, 14.9
Decimal11064137

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.74:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
12.08:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.66:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
10.27:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A8D349; }
.text-color { color: #A8D349; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A8D349; }

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