#A8D659#A8D659

#A8D659 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.161 H 126.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D659
RGB	rgb(168, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(82, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(82, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -34.07, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 65.26, 121.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.81% -0.0964 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(81.81% 0.161 126.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9982, 57.1386, 18.2655)
Luminance	0.5714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D659 #8759D6

analogous

#D6C559 #A8D659 #6AD659

triadic

#A8D659 #59A8D6 #D659A8

tetradic

#A8D659 #59D6C5 #8759D6 #D6596A

square

#A8D659 #59D6C5 #8759D6 #D6596A

split-complementary

#A8D659 #596AD6 #C559D6

monochromatic

#699124 #8CC230 #A8D659 #C2E28A #DBEEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#A8D659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#A8D659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D659

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D659	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.161 126.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e28c',
    500: '#a8d659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d659;
$custom-light: #c5e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.08,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81812,
    "c": 0.1614,
    "h": 126.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D659

secondary

#5E3D96

accent

#44E47F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D659

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

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