#A8D451#A8D451

#A8D451 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.165 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D451
RGB	rgb(168, 212, 81)
HSL	hsl(80, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 61.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -33.81, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 67.47, 120.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0964 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.165 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1773, 56.0054, 16.4237)
Luminance	0.5601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D451 #7D51D4

analogous

#D4BF51 #A8D451 #66D451

triadic

#A8D451 #51A8D4 #D451A8

tetradic

#A8D451 #51D4BF #7D51D4 #D45166

square

#A8D451 #51D4BF #7D51D4 #D45166

split-complementary

#A8D451 #5166D4 #BF51D4

monochromatic

#668922 #8BBA2E #A8D451 #C1E082 #D9ECB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#A8D451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#A8D451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D451

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D451	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 212, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.165 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e187',
    500: '#a8d451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d451;
$custom-light: #c5e187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.153,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81271,
    "c": 0.16534,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D451

secondary

#573A8F

accent

#44E47A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D451

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

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