#A8D040#A8D040

#A8D040 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.173 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D040
RGB	rgb(168, 208, 64)
HSL	hsl(77, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(77, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 0%, 69.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -33.14, 63.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 71.91, 117.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.096 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.173 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6301, 53.8065, 13.1473)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D040 #6840D0

analogous

#D0B040 #A8D040 #60D040

triadic

#A8D040 #40A8D0 #D040A8

tetradic

#A8D040 #40D0B0 #6840D0 #D04060

square

#A8D040 #40D0B0 #6840D0 #D04060

split-complementary

#A8D040 #4060D0 #B040D0

monochromatic

#5F781E #86A92A #A8D040 #BEDC71 #D5E8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#A8D040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#A8D040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D040

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D040	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 208, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.173 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5de7d',
    500: '#a8d040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d040;
$custom-light: #c5de7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.667,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80205,
    "c": 0.17265,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D040

secondary

#493480

accent

#44E470

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D040

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

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