#A8D442#A8D442

#A8D442 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.176 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D442
RGB	rgb(168, 212, 66)
HSL	hsl(78, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(78, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -34.86, 64.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 73.09, 118.48°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.1006 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.176 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6756, 55.8047, 13.7816)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D442 #6E42D4

analogous

#D4B742 #A8D442 #5FD442

triadic

#A8D442 #42A8D4 #D442A8

tetradic

#A8D442 #42D4B7 #6E42D4 #D4425F

square

#A8D442 #42D4B7 #6E42D4 #D4425F

split-complementary

#A8D442 #425FD4 #B742D4

monochromatic

#617F1D #88B128 #A8D442 #BFDF74 #D6EBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A8D442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#A8D442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D442

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D442	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 212, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.176 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e17f',
    500: '#a8d442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d442;
$custom-light: #c5e17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.082,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81142,
    "c": 0.17619,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D442

secondary

#4D3486

accent

#42E673

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D442

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

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