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Information about #A8C856 color

#A8C856 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A8C856 falls into the Chartreuse Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(168, 200, 86) — 65.9% red, 78.4% green, 33.7% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 13 / 0 / 45 / 22. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #A8C856 reads as a clearly saturated yellow-green and carries an easy, daylight feel. Designers typically reach for tones like this for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Light Olive Green (#A4BE5C). Slightly further away sit Happy Hour (#A9C949) and Middle Green Yellow (#ACBF60).

Technically, the mix leans on its green channel (rgb(168, 200, 86)), which gives #A8C856 its character. On this background, black text reaches a 11.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A8C856 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A8C856 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#A8C856 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #A8C856

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Happy Hour color link
Happy Hour

#A9C949

Margarita color link
Margarita

#B0C24A

Spring color link
Spring

#A3C566

Vermont color link
Vermont

#B2BE61

Light Olive color link
Light Olive

#ACBF69

Conifer color link
Conifer

#B1DD52

Wild Willow color link
Wild Willow

#BECA60

Chameleon color link
Chameleon

#98B74F

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A8C856
  • RGB168, 200, 86
  • CMYK13, 0, 45, 22
  • CSSrgb(168, 200, 86)
  • HSL77°, 51%, 56%
  • HSL Precise76.842°, 50.893%, 56.078%
  • HSV77°, 57%, 78%
  • HSB77°, 57%, 78%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.659
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.784
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.337
  • GLSLvec3(0.659, 0.784, 0.337)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.659, 0.784, 0.337, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.659, 0.784, 0.337)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB65.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB78.4%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB33.7%
  • Color FamilyChartreuse
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDA8C856
  • DECIMAL ID11061334
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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