#A8D759#A8D759

#A8D759 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.163 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D759
RGB	rgb(168, 215, 89)
HSL	hsl(82, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(82, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 0%, 58.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.54, -34.53, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.54, 65.77, 121.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0977 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.163 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2520, 57.6463, 18.3501)
Luminance	0.5765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D759 #8859D7

analogous

#D7C759 #A8D759 #69D759

triadic

#A8D759 #59A8D7 #D759A8

tetradic

#A8D759 #59D7C7 #8859D7 #D75969

square

#A8D759 #59D7C7 #8859D7 #D75969

split-complementary

#A8D759 #5969D7 #C759D7

monochromatic

#699223 #8CC42F #A8D759 #C2E38A #DCEFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#A8D759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#A8D759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D759

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D759	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 215, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.163 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e38c',
    500: '#a8d759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d759;
$custom-light: #c5e38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.381,
    "s": 61.165,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82042,
    "c": 0.16271,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D759

secondary

#5F3D98

accent

#44E47F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D759

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

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