#A8CD51#A8CD51

#A8CD51 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.156 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CD51
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(78, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(78, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -30.55, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 63.98, 118.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0873 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.156 124)
XYZ	xyz(39.4652, 52.5813, 15.8530)
Luminance	0.5258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CD51 #7651CD

analogous

#CDB451 #A8CD51 #6ACD51

triadic

#A8CD51 #51A8CD #CD51A8

tetradic

#A8CD51 #51CDB4 #7651CD #CD516A

square

#A8CD51 #51CDB4 #7651CD #CD516A

split-complementary

#A8CD51 #516ACD #B451CD

monochromatic

#647F25 #89AF32 #A8CD51 #C0DB81 #D8E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#A8CD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#A8CD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CD51

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CD51	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.156 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5dc87',
    500: '#a8cd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cd51;
$custom-light: #c5dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.903,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79665,
    "c": 0.15638,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.52582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CD51

secondary

#523B87

accent

#49DF76

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF3

border

#D2D5CD

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CD51

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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