#A8D237#A8D237

#A8D237 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.180 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D237
RGB	rgb(168, 210, 55)
HSL	hsl(76, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(76, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 0%, 73.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -34.56, 67.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 75.82, 117.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.1007 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.18 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8851, 54.6935, 12.0693)
Luminance	0.5469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D237 #6137D2

analogous

#D2AE37 #A8D237 #5BD237

triadic

#A8D237 #37A8D2 #D237A8

tetradic

#A8D237 #37D2AE #6137D2 #D2375B

square

#A8D237 #37D2AE #6137D2 #D2375B

split-complementary

#A8D237 #375BD2 #AE37D2

monochromatic

#5C741A #83A625 #A8D237 #BEDD69 #D3E89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#A8D237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#A8D237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D237

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D237	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 210, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.180 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e079',
    500: '#a8d237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d237;
$custom-light: #c6e079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.258,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80604,
    "c": 0.18048,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D237

secondary

#45307D

accent

#41E66E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D237

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

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