#A8D438#A8D438

#A8D438 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.182 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D438
RGB	rgb(168, 212, 56)
HSL	hsl(77, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(77, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -35.43, 67.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 76.42, 117.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.103 0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.182 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4061, 55.6969, 12.3625)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D438 #6438D4

analogous

#D4B238 #A8D438 #5AD438

triadic

#A8D438 #38A8D4 #D438A8

tetradic

#A8D438 #38D4B2 #6438D4 #D4385A

square

#A8D438 #38D4B2 #6438D4 #D4385A

split-complementary

#A8D438 #385AD4 #B238D4

monochromatic

#5D781A #84AA25 #A8D438 #BEDF6A #D4EA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A8D438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#A8D438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D438

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D438	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)

#E0C617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 212, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.182 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e17a',
    500: '#a8d438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d438;
$custom-light: #c6e17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.923,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81073,
    "c": 0.18228,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D438

secondary

#473080

accent

#40E76F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D438

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

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