Information about #A8C440 color

#A8C440 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#A8C440 falls into the Yellow Color FamilyModerate Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(168, 196, 64) — 65.9% red, 76.9% green, 25.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 11 / 0 / 52 / 23. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #A8C440 reads as a confidently colored golden yellow and feels open and friendly. Designers typically reach for tones like this for versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Android Green (#A4C639). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Happy Hour (#A9C949) and Margarita (#B0C24A).

The recipe behind #A8C440 is rgb(168, 196, 64), with green as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #A8C440: 10.6:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.0:1 for white. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #A8C440 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#A8C440 color variations

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#A8C440 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 #A8C440

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

Salad Green color link
Salad Green

#A1C935

Jardin Green color link
Jardin Green

#A5CF35

Atlantis color link
Atlantis

#9CD03B

Booger color link
Booger

#9BB53C

Yellow Green color link
Yellow Green

#9ACD32

Sick Green color link
Sick Green

#9DB92C

Chameleon color link
Chameleon

#98B74F

Billy T color link
Billy T

#C1B943

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#A8C440
  • RGB168, 196, 64
  • CMYK11, 0, 52, 23
  • CSSrgb(168, 196, 64)
  • HSL73°, 53%, 51%
  • HSL Precise72.727°, 52.8%, 50.98%
  • HSV73°, 67%, 77%
  • HSB73°, 67%, 77%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.659
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.769
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.251
  • GLSLvec3(0.659, 0.769, 0.251)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.659, 0.769, 0.251, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.659, 0.769, 0.251)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB65.9%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB76.9%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB25.1%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDA8C440
  • DECIMAL ID11060288
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01