#A8D849#A8D849

#A8D849 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.176 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D849
RGB	rgb(168, 216, 73)
HSL	hsl(80, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(80, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -36.22, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 72.49, 119.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.1038 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.176 126)
XYZ	xyz(41.9071, 57.9170, 15.2733)
Luminance	0.5792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D849 #7949D8

analogous

#D8C149 #A8D849 #61D849

triadic

#A8D849 #49A8D8 #D849A8

tetradic

#A8D849 #49D8C1 #7949D8 #D84961

square

#A8D849 #49D8C1 #7949D8 #D84961

split-complementary

#A8D849 #4961D8 #C149D8

monochromatic

#65891D #8ABC28 #A8D849 #C0E37B #D8EEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#A8D849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#A8D849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D849

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D849	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 216, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.176 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e483',
    500: '#a8d849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d849;
$custom-light: #c5e483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.14,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82121,
    "c": 0.17635,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.57918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D849

secondary

#54368F

accent

#40E878

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D849

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

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