#A8D561#A8D561

#A8D561 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.153 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D561
RGB	rgb(168, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(83, 58%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(83, 54%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 54.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -32.88, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 61.38, 122.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0924 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.153 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1002, 56.7758, 20.0477)
Luminance	0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D561 #8E61D5

analogous

#D5C861 #A8D561 #6ED561

triadic

#A8D561 #61A8D5 #D561A8

tetradic

#A8D561 #61D5C8 #8E61D5 #D5616E

square

#A8D561 #61D5C8 #8E61D5 #D5616E

split-complementary

#A8D561 #616ED5 #C861D5

monochromatic

#6A9427 #8DC534 #A8D561 #C3E291 #DDEFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#A8D561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#A8D561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D561

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D561	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADCCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.153 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4e291',
    500: '#a8d561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d561;
$custom-light: #c4e291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.276,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81673,
    "c": 0.15306,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D561

secondary

#634199

accent

#20C660

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D561

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

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