#A8D538#A8D538

#A8D538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.183 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D538
RGB	rgb(168, 213, 56)
HSL	hsl(77, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(77, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 73.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -35.88, 67.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 76.87, 117.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.1042 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.183 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6569, 56.1984, 12.4460)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D538 #6538D5

analogous

#D5B338 #A8D538 #5AD538

triadic

#A8D538 #38A8D5 #D538A8

tetradic

#A8D538 #38D5B3 #6538D5 #D5385A

square

#A8D538 #38D5B3 #6538D5 #D5385A

split-complementary

#A8D538 #385AD5 #B338D5

monochromatic

#5E791A #85AC24 #A8D538 #BEE06B #D4EA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#A8D538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#A8D538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D538

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D538	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 213, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.183 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e27a',
    500: '#a8d538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d538;
$custom-light: #c6e27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.197,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81304,
    "c": 0.18346,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D538

secondary

#473081

accent

#40E870

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D538

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

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