#A8D456#A8D456

#A8D456 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.161 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D456
RGB	rgb(168, 212, 86)
HSL	hsl(81, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(81, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 59.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -33.40, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 65.46, 120.68°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0948 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.161 126)
XYZ	xyz(41.3717, 56.0832, 17.4478)
Luminance	0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D456 #8256D4

analogous

#D4C156 #A8D456 #69D456

triadic

#A8D456 #56A8D4 #D456A8

tetradic

#A8D456 #56D4C1 #8256D4 #D45669

square

#A8D456 #56D4C1 #8256D4 #D45669

split-complementary

#A8D456 #5669D4 #C156D4

monochromatic

#688C24 #8CBD30 #A8D456 #C1E087 #DAEDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#A8D456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#A8D456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D456

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D456	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 212, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.161 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e18a',
    500: '#a8d456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d456;
$custom-light: #c5e18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.952,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81321,
    "c": 0.16129,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.56084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D456

secondary

#5A3C92

accent

#45E37C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D456

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

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