#A8D462#A8D462

#A8D462 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.151 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D462
RGB	rgb(168, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(83, 57%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(83, 54%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 53.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -32.32, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 60.42, 122.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% -0.0908 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.151 127)
XYZ	xyz(41.8964, 56.2930, 20.2113)
Luminance	0.5629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D462 #8E62D4

analogous

#D4C762 #A8D462 #6FD462

triadic

#A8D462 #62A8D4 #D462A8

tetradic

#A8D462 #62D4C7 #8E62D4 #D4626F

square

#A8D462 #62D4C7 #8E62D4 #D4626F

split-complementary

#A8D462 #626FD4 #C762D4

monochromatic

#6A9328 #8DC335 #A8D462 #C3E192 #DDEEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#A8D462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#A8D462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D462

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D462	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADCBBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.151 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4e192',
    500: '#a8d462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d462;
$custom-light: #c4e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.158,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81456,
    "c": 0.15079,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.56294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D462

secondary

#634299

accent

#21C560

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D462

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

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