#A8D565#A8D565

#A8D565 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.149 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D565
RGB	rgb(168, 213, 101)
HSL	hsl(84, 57%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(84, 53%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 52.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -32.49, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 59.65, 123.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.091 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.149 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2915, 56.8523, 21.0549)
Luminance	0.5685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D565 #9265D5

analogous

#D5CA65 #A8D565 #70D565

triadic

#A8D565 #65A8D5 #D565A8

tetradic

#A8D565 #65D5CA #9265D5 #D56570

square

#A8D565 #65D5CA #9265D5 #D56570

split-complementary

#A8D565 #6570D5 #CA65D5

monochromatic

#6B9729 #8DC736 #A8D565 #C3E295 #DEEFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#A8D565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#A8D565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D565

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D565	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC95A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C66C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADCDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 213, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.149 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4e294',
    500: '#a8d565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d565;
$custom-light: #c4e294;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.107,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81722,
    "c": 0.14937,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D565

secondary

#66439C

accent

#21C563

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D565

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

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