#A8D551#A8D551

#A8D551 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.167 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D551
RGB	rgb(168, 213, 81)
HSL	hsl(80, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 62%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -34.27, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 67.97, 120.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0977 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.167 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4280, 56.5069, 16.5073)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D551 #7E51D5

analogous

#D5C051 #A8D551 #66D551

triadic

#A8D551 #51A8D5 #D551A8

tetradic

#A8D551 #51D5C0 #7E51D5 #D55166

square

#A8D551 #51D5C0 #7E51D5 #D55166

split-complementary

#A8D551 #5166D5 #C051D5

monochromatic

#668A21 #8BBC2D #A8D551 #C1E182 #D9EDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#A8D551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#A8D551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D551

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D551	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 213, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.167 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e287',
    500: '#a8d551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d551;
$custom-light: #c5e287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81501,
    "c": 0.16662,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D551

secondary

#573A90

accent

#44E47A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D551

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

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