#A8D957#A8D957

#A8D957 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.167 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D957
RGB	rgb(168, 217, 87)
HSL	hsl(83, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(83, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 0%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.09, -35.61, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.09, 67.60, 121.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.1009 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.167 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6816, 58.6380, 18.0846)
Luminance	0.5864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D957 #8857D9

analogous

#D9C957 #A8D957 #67D957

triadic

#A8D957 #57A8D9 #D957A8

tetradic

#A8D957 #57D9C9 #8857D9 #D95767

square

#A8D957 #57D9C9 #8857D9 #D95767

split-complementary

#A8D957 #5767D9 #C957D9

monochromatic

#699421 #8CC62D #A8D957 #C2E489 #DCF0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#A8D957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#A8D957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D957

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D957	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 217, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.167 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e58b',
    500: '#a8d957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d957;
$custom-light: #c5e58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.615,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82481,
    "c": 0.16697,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D957

secondary

#5F3B99

accent

#42E680

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D957

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

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