#A8D642#A8D642

#A8D642 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.179 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D642
RGB	rgb(168, 214, 66)
HSL	hsl(79, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(79, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -35.77, 64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 74.03, 118.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.1031 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.179 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1786, 56.8108, 13.9493)
Luminance	0.5681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D642 #7042D6

analogous

#D6BA42 #A8D642 #5ED642

triadic

#A8D642 #42A8D6 #D642A8

tetradic

#A8D642 #42D6BA #7042D6 #D6425E

square

#A8D642 #42D6BA #7042D6 #D6425E

split-complementary

#A8D642 #425ED6 #BA42D6

monochromatic

#62821C #88B427 #A8D642 #BFE174 #D6ECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#A8D642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#A8D642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D642

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D642	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)

#E1C82A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 214, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.179 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e27f',
    500: '#a8d642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d642;
$custom-light: #c5e27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.649,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81604,
    "c": 0.17862,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D642

secondary

#4E3488

accent

#40E774

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D642

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

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