#A8D962#A8D962

#A8D962 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.158 H 128.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8D962
RGB	rgb(168, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(85, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(85, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 0%, 54.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -34.63, 52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 63.07, 123.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.0972 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.158 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.1657, 58.8316, 20.6344)
Luminance	0.5883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8D962 #9362D9

analogous

#D9CF62 #A8D962 #6DD962

triadic

#A8D962 #62A8D9 #D962A8

tetradic

#A8D962 #62D9CF #9362D9 #D9626D

square

#A8D962 #62D9CF #9362D9 #D9626D

split-complementary

#A8D962 #626DD9 #CF62D9

monochromatic

#6B9B26 #8DCC31 #A8D962 #C3E593 #DFF1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#A8D962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#A8D962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8D962

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8D962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8D962	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC96A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADD0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8d962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.158 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4e592',
    500: '#a8d962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8d962;
$custom-light: #c4e592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8d962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.706,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82602,
    "c": 0.15755,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8D962

secondary

#67409F

accent

#1DC964

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8D962

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

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