#A8D437#A8D437

#A8D437 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.183 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D437
RGB	rgb(168, 212, 55)
HSL	hsl(77, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(77, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 74.1%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -35.48, 68.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 76.73, 117.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.1032 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.183 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3819, 55.6872, 12.2349)
Luminance	0.5569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D437 #6337D4

analogous

#D4B137 #A8D437 #5AD437

triadic

#A8D437 #37A8D4 #D437A8

tetradic

#A8D437 #37D4B1 #6337D4 #D4375A

square

#A8D437 #37D4B1 #6337D4 #D4375A

split-complementary

#A8D437 #375AD4 #B137D4

monochromatic

#5D771A #84A924 #A8D437 #BEDF69 #D4EA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A8D437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#A8D437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D437

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D437	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 212, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.183 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e179',
    500: '#a8d437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d437;
$custom-light: #c6e179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.815,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81067,
    "c": 0.18284,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D437

secondary

#46307F

accent

#40E86F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D437

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

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