#A8D555#A8D555

#A8D555 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.163 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D555
RGB	rgb(168, 213, 85)
HSL	hsl(81, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(81, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 60.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -33.95, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 66.38, 120.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0964 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.163 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5824, 56.5687, 17.3207)
Luminance	0.5657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D555 #8255D5

analogous

#D5C255 #A8D555 #68D555

triadic

#A8D555 #55A8D5 #D555A8

tetradic

#A8D555 #55D5C2 #8255D5 #D55568

square

#A8D555 #55D5C2 #8255D5 #D55568

split-complementary

#A8D555 #5568D5 #C255D5

monochromatic

#688D23 #8CBE2F #A8D555 #C1E186 #DAEDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#A8D555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#A8D555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D555

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D555	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 213, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.163 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e28a',
    500: '#a8d555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d555;
$custom-light: #c5e28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.094,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81541,
    "c": 0.16342,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D555

secondary

#5A3C93

accent

#44E47C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D555

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

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