#A8D042#A8D042

#A8D042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.171 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D042
RGB	rgb(168, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(77, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(77, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -33.02, 63.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 71.20, 117.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0955 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.171 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6881, 53.8296, 13.4525)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D042 #6A42D0

analogous

#D0B142 #A8D042 #61D042

triadic

#A8D042 #42A8D0 #D042A8

tetradic

#A8D042 #42D0B1 #6A42D0 #D04261

square

#A8D042 #42D0B1 #6A42D0 #D04261

split-complementary

#A8D042 #4261D0 #B142D0

monochromatic

#60791E #86AA2A #A8D042 #BFDC73 #D5E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#A8D042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#A8D042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D042

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D042	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.171 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5de7e',
    500: '#a8d042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d042;
$custom-light: #c5de7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.901,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8022,
    "c": 0.17132,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D042

secondary

#4A3581

accent

#44E371

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D042

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

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