#A8D42A#A8D42A

#A8D42A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.189 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D42A
RGB	rgb(168, 212, 42)
HSL	hsl(76, 67%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(76, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 80.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -36.05, 71.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 80.38, 116.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.1057 0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.189 124)
XYZ	xyz(40.1103, 55.5786, 10.8046)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D42A #562AD4

analogous

#D4AB2A #A8D42A #53D42A

triadic

#A8D42A #2AA8D4 #D42AA8

tetradic

#A8D42A #2AD4AB #562AD4 #D42A53

square

#A8D42A #2AD4AB #562AD4 #D42A53

split-complementary

#A8D42A #2A53D4 #AB2AD4

monochromatic

#576E16 #80A120 #A8D42A #BDDF5C #D2E98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A8D42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#A8D42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D42A

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D42A	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)

#E0C600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 212, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.189 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e173',
    500: '#a8d42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d42a;
$custom-light: #c6e173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.529,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80996,
    "c": 0.18919,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.55579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D42A

secondary

#3F2B77

accent

#3EEA6A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#131509

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D42A

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

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