#A8D951#A8D951

#A8D951 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.172 H 126.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D951
RGB	rgb(168, 217, 81)
HSL	hsl(82, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(82, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 0%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, -36.09, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 69.97, 121.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.1027 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.172 126.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4465, 58.5440, 16.8468)
Luminance	0.5855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D951 #8251D9

analogous

#D9C651 #A8D951 #64D951

triadic

#A8D951 #51A8D9 #D951A8

tetradic

#A8D951 #51D9C6 #8251D9 #D95164

square

#A8D951 #51D9C6 #8251D9 #D95164

split-complementary

#A8D951 #5164D9 #C651D9

monochromatic

#68901F #8CC22A #A8D951 #C1E483 #DAEFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#A8D951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#A8D951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D951

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D951	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 217, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.172 126.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e588',
    500: '#a8d951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d951;
$custom-light: #c5e588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.618,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82422,
    "c": 0.17172,
    "h": 126.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D951

secondary

#5A3995

accent

#41E77D

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D951

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

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