#A8D656#A8D656

#A8D656 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.164 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D656
RGB	rgb(168, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(82, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(82, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -34.32, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 66.48, 121.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.0974 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.164 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8748, 57.0893, 17.6155)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D656 #8456D6

analogous

#D6C456 #A8D656 #68D656

triadic

#A8D656 #56A8D6 #D656A8

tetradic

#A8D656 #56D6C4 #8456D6 #D65668

square

#A8D656 #56D6C4 #8456D6 #D65668

split-complementary

#A8D656 #5668D6 #C456D6

monochromatic

#688F23 #8CC02F #A8D656 #C1E287 #DBEEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#A8D656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#A8D656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D656

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D656	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.164 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e28a',
    500: '#a8d656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d656;
$custom-light: #c5e28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.563,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81781,
    "c": 0.1639,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D656

secondary

#5C3C95

accent

#44E47D

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D656

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

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