#A8D242#A8D242

#A8D242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.174 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D242
RGB	rgb(168, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(78, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(78, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -33.94, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 72.14, 118.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0981 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.174 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.1787, 54.8110, 13.6160)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D242 #6C42D2

analogous

#D2B442 #A8D242 #60D242

triadic

#A8D242 #42A8D2 #D242A8

tetradic

#A8D242 #42D2B4 #6C42D2 #D24260

square

#A8D242 #42D2B4 #6C42D2 #D24260

split-complementary

#A8D242 #4260D2 #B442D2

monochromatic

#607C1E #87AD29 #A8D242 #BFDE73 #D6EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#A8D242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#A8D242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D242

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D242	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)

#DEC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.174 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e07e',
    500: '#a8d242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d242;
$custom-light: #c5e07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.5,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80681,
    "c": 0.17376,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D242

secondary

#4C3484

accent

#43E572

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D242

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

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