#A8D459#A8D459

#A8D459 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.159 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D459
RGB	rgb(168, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(81, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -33.15, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 64.23, 121.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0938 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.159 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4951, 56.1325, 18.0978)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D459 #8559D4

analogous

#D4C259 #A8D459 #6BD459

triadic

#A8D459 #59A8D4 #D459A8

tetradic

#A8D459 #59D4C2 #8559D4 #D4596B

square

#A8D459 #59D4C2 #8559D4 #D4596B

split-complementary

#A8D459 #596BD4 #C259D4

monochromatic

#688E25 #8CBE31 #A8D459 #C1E18A #DBEDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#A8D459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#A8D459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D459

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D459	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.159 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4e18c',
    500: '#a8d459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d459;
$custom-light: #c4e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.463,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81353,
    "c": 0.15878,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D459

secondary

#5C3E94

accent

#46E27E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D459

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

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