#A8D937#A8D937

#A8D937 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.189 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D937
RGB	rgb(168, 217, 55)
HSL	hsl(78, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(78, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 0%, 74.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -37.74, 69.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 78.99, 118.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.1094 0.1538)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.189 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6512, 58.2258, 12.6580)
Luminance	0.5823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D937 #6837D9

analogous

#D9B937 #A8D937 #57D937

triadic

#A8D937 #37A8D9 #D937A8

tetradic

#A8D937 #37D9B9 #6837D9 #D93757

square

#A8D937 #37D9B9 #6837D9 #D93757

split-complementary

#A8D937 #3757D9 #B937D9

monochromatic

#5F7E18 #86B122 #A8D937 #BEE36A #D5ED9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#A8D937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#A8D937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D937

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D937	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 217, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.189 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e57a',
    500: '#a8d937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d937;
$custom-light: #c6e57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.148,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82223,
    "c": 0.18872,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D937

secondary

#492F85

accent

#3DEB72

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D937

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

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