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#A0C021 — Green

#A0C021 is a green color we call Green, closest to the named color YellowGreen (#9ACD32). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellowgreen (#9ACD32) — not an exact match. CSS yellowgreen gives you #9ACD32, a different color; use #A0C021 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#A0C021 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #4021C0; it also sits naturally between #C09021 and #50C021. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A0C021 · RGB 160, 192, 33

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Color values

HEX#A0C021
RGB160, 192, 33
HSL72°, 71%, 44%
HSV72°, 83%, 75%
CMYK17%, 0%, 83%, 25%
XYZ33.62, 45.28, 8.41
Yxy45.28, 0.3851, 0.5186
CIE-Lab73.08, -30.34, 68.42
Hunter Lab67.29, -25.38, 37.42

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 63% · Green 75% · Blue 13%

Cyan 17% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 83% · Key 25%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #A0C021 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A0C021 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A0C021

.text { color: #A0C021; }
.background { background-color: #A0C021; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A0C021; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(160, 192, 33); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(72, 71%, 44%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A0C021; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(160, 192, 33, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A0C021; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(160, 192, 33, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A0C021">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A0C021">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A0C021

#91AE1E#839D1B#748C18#667A15#576912#49570F#3A460C#2C3409#1D2306#0F1103

Tints of #A0C021

#B2D624#BCDD36#C4E151#CCE566#D3E97C#DAED92#E2F0A8#EBF5C2#F2F8D8#F9FCEE

Tones of #A0C021

#99B52C#93A937#8C9E42#84924F#7E875A#777B65

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4021C0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.09:1 Fails
Against black text10.06:1 AAA

Best text color on #A0C021: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A0C021

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #A0C021: ·

How #A0C021 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #AEAE47Deuteranopia · #ACAA51Tritanopia · #A2666D

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind lime 500 · #84CC16Material Light Green 500 · #8BC34AMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #A0C021 rather than the exact color:

Silent Ruby Zephyr
#E85D35 · #E2C16F · #A5C61E · #7CE849
Wild Terrace
#871678 · #A6BA1F · #49CDE1 · #E9B0D9
Burning Ruby Cinder
#3D1F94 · #5150DA · #9AC128 · #DCE7AD
Smoky Mosaic
#97BB24 · #31A020 · #13683D · #1A6570
Crimson Ruby Bloom
#9DBE2C · #7FD156 · #25D83A · #32D990
Hidden Cinder
#8E1A60 · #7A1519 · #B36915 · #ABB91F

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#A5C61E#A6BA1F#9AC128#97BB24#9DBE2C#ABB91F#A8B61D#96B71F#93BB23#A6BF2F#A0CF1E#ADC419

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A0C020  ·  #A0C022 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A0C021?

#A0C021 is Green, a green color (RGB 160, 192, 33). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A0C021?

#A0C021 is RGB 160, 192, 33 — HSL 72°, 71%, 44% — CMYK 17%, 0%, 83%, 25%.

What colors go with #A0C021?

Its complement is #4021C0; analogous partners are #C09021 and #50C021. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A0C021 for text?

Black text on #A0C021 has a contrast ratio of 10.06:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.09:1.