#A8D940#A8D940

#A8D940 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.184 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D940
RGB	rgb(168, 217, 64)
HSL	hsl(79, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(79, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 0%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -37.25, 66.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 76.13, 119.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.1073 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.184 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8869, 58.3201, 13.8996)
Luminance	0.5832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D940 #7140D9

analogous

#D9BE40 #A8D940 #5BD940

triadic

#A8D940 #40A8D9 #D940A8

tetradic

#A8D940 #40D9BE #7140D9 #D9405B

square

#A8D940 #40D9BE #7140D9 #D9405B

split-complementary

#A8D940 #405BD9 #BE40D9

monochromatic

#62841A #88B724 #A8D940 #BFE373 #D7EDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#A8D940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#A8D940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D940

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D940	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 217, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.184 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e57e',
    500: '#a8d940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d940;
$custom-light: #c6e57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.216,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82282,
    "c": 0.18353,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D940

secondary

#4F328B

accent

#3EEA75

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D940

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

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