#A8D949#A8D949

#A8D949 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.178 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D949
RGB	rgb(168, 217, 73)
HSL	hsl(80, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(80, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 0%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.98, -36.67, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.98, 72.98, 120.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.105 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.178 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1640, 58.4309, 15.3589)
Luminance	0.5843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D949 #7A49D9

analogous

#D9C249 #A8D949 #60D949

triadic

#A8D949 #49A8D9 #D949A8

tetradic

#A8D949 #49D9C2 #7A49D9 #D94960

square

#A8D949 #49D9C2 #7A49D9 #D94960

split-complementary

#A8D949 #4960D9 #C249D9

monochromatic

#658B1D #8ABD28 #A8D949 #C0E47C #D8EEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#A8D949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#A8D949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D949

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D949	1.00	1.66	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 217, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.178 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e583',
    500: '#a8d949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d949;
$custom-light: #c5e583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.417,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82352,
    "c": 0.17759,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D949

secondary

#553691

accent

#3FE879

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D949

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

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