#A8D557#A8D557

#A8D557 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.162 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D557
RGB	rgb(168, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(81, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(81, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 59.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, -33.78, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 65.57, 121.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0958 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.162 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6630, 56.6009, 17.7451)
Luminance	0.5660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D557 #8457D5

analogous

#D5C357 #A8D557 #69D557

triadic

#A8D557 #57A8D5 #D557A8

tetradic

#A8D557 #57D5C3 #8457D5 #D55769

square

#A8D557 #57D5C3 #8457D5 #D55769

split-complementary

#A8D557 #5769D5 #C357D5

monochromatic

#688E24 #8CBF30 #A8D557 #C1E188 #DBEDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#A8D557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#A8D557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D557

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D557	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.162 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e28b',
    500: '#a8d557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d557;
$custom-light: #c5e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81561,
    "c": 0.16176,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D557

secondary

#5C3C94

accent

#45E37D

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D557

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

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