#A8D449#A8D449

#A8D449 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.171 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D449
RGB	rgb(168, 212, 73)
HSL	hsl(79, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(79, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 65.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -34.40, 61.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 70.55, 119.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.0987 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.171 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8947, 55.8924, 14.9359)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D449 #7549D4

analogous

#D4BB49 #A8D449 #62D449

triadic

#A8D449 #49A8D4 #D449A8

tetradic

#A8D449 #49D4BB #7549D4 #D44962

square

#A8D449 #49D4BB #7549D4 #D44962

split-complementary

#A8D449 #4962D4 #BB49D4

monochromatic

#64841F #89B52B #A8D449 #C0E07B #D7EBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#A8D449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#A8D449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D449

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D449	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 212, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.171 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e183',
    500: '#a8d449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d449;
$custom-light: #c5e183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.993,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81199,
    "c": 0.17138,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D449

secondary

#51378A

accent

#43E576

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D449

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

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