#A8D855#A8D855

#A8D855 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.167 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D855
RGB	rgb(168, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(82, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(82, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.2%, 0%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -35.32, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 67.90, 121.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.1002 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.167 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3440, 58.0918, 17.5745)
Luminance	0.5809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D855 #8555D8

analogous

#D8C755 #A8D855 #67D855

triadic

#A8D855 #55A8D8 #D855A8

tetradic

#A8D855 #55D8C7 #8555D8 #D85567

square

#A8D855 #55D8C7 #8555D8 #D85567

split-complementary

#A8D855 #5567D8 #C755D8

monochromatic

#689121 #8CC32D #A8D855 #C1E387 #DBEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#A8D855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#A8D855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D855

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D855	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.167 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e48a',
    500: '#a8d855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d855;
$custom-light: #c5e48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.985,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82231,
    "c": 0.1673,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D855

secondary

#5C3B96

accent

#42E67E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D855

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

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