#A8D42D#A8D42D

#A8D42D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.188 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D42D
RGB	rgb(168, 212, 45)
HSL	hsl(76, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(76, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 78.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -35.93, 71.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 79.61, 116.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.1052 0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.188 124)
XYZ	xyz(40.1661, 55.6009, 11.0981)
Luminance	0.5560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D42D #592DD4

analogous

#D4AC2D #A8D42D #55D42D

triadic

#A8D42D #2DA8D4 #D42DA8

tetradic

#A8D42D #2DD4AC #592DD4 #D42D55

square

#A8D42D #2DD4AC #592DD4 #D42D55

split-complementary

#A8D42D #2D55D4 #AC2DD4

monochromatic

#587017 #80A321 #A8D42D #BDDE60 #D2E993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A8D42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#A8D42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D42D

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D42D	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)

#DAC43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 212, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.188 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e175',
    500: '#a8d42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d42d;
$custom-light: #c6e175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.808,
    "s": 66.008,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81011,
    "c": 0.18787,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.55601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D42D

secondary

#412C79

accent

#3FE96C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#131509

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D42D

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

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