#A8D162#A8D162

#A8D162 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.147 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D162
RGB	rgb(168, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(82, 55%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(82, 53%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.6%, 0%, 53.1%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -30.92, 50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 58.83, 121.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0869 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.147 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1534, 54.8071, 19.9636)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D162 #8B62D1

analogous

#D1C262 #A8D162 #70D162

triadic

#A8D162 #62A8D1 #D162A8

tetradic

#A8D162 #62D1C2 #8B62D1 #D16270

square

#A8D162 #62D1C2 #8B62D1 #D16270

split-complementary

#A8D162 #6270D1 #C262D1

monochromatic

#698F2A #8CBE38 #A8D162 #C2DF91 #DCEDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#A8D162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#A8D162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D162

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D162	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)

#DBC557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEC8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.147 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4df92',
    500: '#a8d162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d162;
$custom-light: #c4df92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.162,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8077,
    "c": 0.14672,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D162

secondary

#614295

accent

#23C25E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D162

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →