#A8D169#A8D169
#A8D169 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.140 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A8D169 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 209, 105) |
| HSL | hsl(84, 53%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(84, 50%, 82%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(19.6%, 0%, 49.8%, 18%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.01, -30.21, 46.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.01, 55.74, 122.82°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.86% -0.0843 0.1118) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.86% 0.14 127) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.4985, 54.9451, 21.7810) |
| Luminance | 0.5495 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pale Olive Green
#B1D27B
ΔE00 2.78
Light Moss Green
#A6C875
ΔE00 3.63
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 5.09
Pistachio
#93C572
ΔE00 5.41
Pale Olive
#B9CC81
ΔE00 5.56
Greenish Tan
#BCCB7A
ΔE00 5.66
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A8D169 #9269D1
analogous
#D1C669 #A8D169 #74D169
triadic
#A8D169 #69A8D1 #D169A8
tetradic
#A8D169 #69D1C6 #9269D1 #D16974
square
#A8D169 #69D1C6 #9269D1 #D16974
split-complementary
#A8D169 #6974D1 #C669D1
monochromatic
#6B932D #8DC13B #A8D169 #C3DF98 #DEEEC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.75
#A8D169 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.99
#A8D169 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A8D169
11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A8D169 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A8D169 | 1.00 | 1.75 | 11.99 | 11.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.75 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC560
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D4C36F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ADC9B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a8d169; /* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 209, 105); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.140 127.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c4df96',
500: '#a8d169',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a8d169; $custom-light: #c4df96; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a8d169",
"rgb": {
"r": 168,
"g": 209,
"b": 105
},
"hsl": {
"h": 83.654,
"s": 53.061,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8086,
"c": 0.14001,
"h": 127
},
"luminance": 0.54946
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A8D169
secondary
#664698
accent
#25C062
background
#FDFEFC
surface
#F9FCF5
border
#D2D5CF
text
#13150D
muted
#82847F