#A8D356#A8D356

#A8D356 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.160 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D356
RGB	rgb(168, 211, 86)
HSL	hsl(81, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(81, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.4%, 0%, 59.2%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -32.94, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 64.96, 120.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.0935 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.16 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1225, 55.5848, 17.3647)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D356 #8156D3

analogous

#D3BF56 #A8D356 #69D356

triadic

#A8D356 #56A8D3 #D356A8

tetradic

#A8D356 #56D3BF #8156D3 #D35669

square

#A8D356 #56D3BF #8156D3 #D35669

split-complementary

#A8D356 #5669D3 #BF56D3

monochromatic

#678B24 #8BBB31 #A8D356 #C1E087 #DAECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A8D356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#A8D356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D356

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D356	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 211, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.160 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e08a',
    500: '#a8d356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d356;
$custom-light: #c5e08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.64,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81092,
    "c": 0.16,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D356

secondary

#593C91

accent

#46E27C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D356

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

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