#A8D478#A8D478
#A8D478 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.129 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A8D478 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 212, 120) |
| HSL | hsl(89, 52%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(89, 43%, 83%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 43.4%, 16.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.05, -29.92, 40.80) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.05, 50.60, 126.25°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.76% -0.0825 0.0992) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.76% 0.129 129.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(43.0816, 56.7671, 26.4530) |
| Luminance | 0.5677 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pale Olive Green
#B1D27B
ΔE00 2.03
Light Moss Green
#A6C875
ΔE00 3.19
Pistachio
#93C572
ΔE00 4.54
Pale Olive
#B9CC81
ΔE00 5.23
Greenish Tan
#BCCB7A
ΔE00 5.98
Tan Green
#A9BE70
ΔE00 6.40
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A8D478 #A478D4
analogous
#D4D278 #A8D478 #7AD478
triadic
#A8D478 #78A8D4 #D478A8
tetradic
#A8D478 #78D4D2 #A478D4 #D4787A
square
#A8D478 #78D4D2 #A478D4 #D4787A
split-complementary
#A8D478 #787AD4 #D278D4
monochromatic
#6B9F33 #8AC54A #A8D478 #C6E3A6 #E4F2D5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.70
#A8D478 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.35
#A8D478 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A8D478
12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A8D478 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A8D478 | 1.00 | 1.70 | 12.35 | 12.35 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.70 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCC971
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D5C57D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ABCDBE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a8d478; /* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 212, 120); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.129 129.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c3e1a0',
500: '#a8d478',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a8d478; $custom-light: #c3e1a0; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a8d478",
"rgb": {
"r": 168,
"g": 212,
"b": 120
},
"hsl": {
"h": 88.696,
"s": 51.685,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81759,
"c": 0.12905,
"h": 129.7
},
"luminance": 0.56768
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A8D478
secondary
#764DA4
accent
#26BF6F
background
#FDFEFC
surface
#F9FCF5
border
#D2D5CF
text
#13150F
muted
#828480