#A8D657#A8D657

#A8D657 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.163 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D657
RGB	rgb(168, 214, 87)
HSL	hsl(82, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(82, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 59.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -34.24, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 66.08, 121.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0971 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.163 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9153, 57.1055, 17.8292)
Luminance	0.5711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D657 #8557D6

analogous

#D6C557 #A8D657 #69D657

triadic

#A8D657 #57A8D6 #D657A8

tetradic

#A8D657 #57D6C5 #8557D6 #D65769

square

#A8D657 #57D6C5 #8557D6 #D65769

split-complementary

#A8D657 #5769D6 #C557D6

monochromatic

#689023 #8CC12F #A8D657 #C1E288 #DBEEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#A8D657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#A8D657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D657

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D657	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)

#E0C949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 214, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.163 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e28b',
    500: '#a8d657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d657;
$custom-light: #c5e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.732,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81791,
    "c": 0.16307,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D657

secondary

#5C3C95

accent

#44E47E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D657

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

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