#A8D159#A8D159

#A8D159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.155 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D159
RGB	rgb(168, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(81, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -31.75, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 62.69, 120.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.09 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.155 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7521, 54.6466, 17.8501)
Luminance	0.5465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D159 #8259D1

analogous

#D1BE59 #A8D159 #6CD159

triadic

#A8D159 #59A8D1 #D159A8

tetradic

#A8D159 #59D1BE #8259D1 #D1596C

square

#A8D159 #59D1BE #8259D1 #D1596C

split-complementary

#A8D159 #596CD1 #BE59D1

monochromatic

#688926 #8CB933 #A8D159 #C1DE89 #DAECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#A8D159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#A8D159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D159

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D159	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.155 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4df8c',
    500: '#a8d159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d159;
$custom-light: #c4df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80665,
    "c": 0.15482,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D159

secondary

#5A3E90

accent

#48E07C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D159

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

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