#A8D161#A8D161

#A8D161 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.148 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D161
RGB	rgb(168, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(82, 55%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(82, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 0%, 53.6%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -31.02, 50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 59.27, 121.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0872 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.148 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1065, 54.7883, 19.7165)
Luminance	0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D161 #8A61D1

analogous

#D1C261 #A8D161 #70D161

triadic

#A8D161 #61A8D1 #D161A8

tetradic

#A8D161 #61D1C2 #8A61D1 #D16170

square

#A8D161 #61D1C2 #8A61D1 #D16170

split-complementary

#A8D161 #6170D1 #C261D1

monochromatic

#698E29 #8CBE37 #A8D161 #C2DF90 #DCEDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#A8D161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#A8D161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D161

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D161	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.148 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4df91',
    500: '#a8d161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d161;
$custom-light: #c4df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.964,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80758,
    "c": 0.14764,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D161

secondary

#604294

accent

#4ADE80

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D161

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

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