#A8CD59#A8CD59

#A8CD59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.150 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CD59
RGB	rgb(168, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(79, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(79, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, -29.87, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 60.63, 119.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0848 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.15 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7831, 52.7084, 17.5271)
Luminance	0.5271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CD59 #7E59CD

analogous

#CDB859 #A8CD59 #6ECD59

triadic

#A8CD59 #59A8CD #CD59A8

tetradic

#A8CD59 #59CDB8 #7E59CD #CD596E

square

#A8CD59 #59CDB8 #7E59CD #CD596E

split-complementary

#A8CD59 #596ECD #B859CD

monochromatic

#668428 #8BB336 #A8CD59 #C1DB88 #D9E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#A8CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#A8CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CD59

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CD59	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.150 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4dc8c',
    500: '#a8cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8cd59;
$custom-light: #c4dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.138,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7975,
    "c": 0.14956,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CD59

secondary

#573F8B

accent

#4BDD79

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CD59

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

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