#A8DB38#A8DB38

#A8DB38 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.191 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8DB38
RGB	rgb(168, 219, 56)
HSL	hsl(79, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(79, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -38.58, 69.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 79.60, 118.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.1116 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.191 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.1940, 59.2728, 12.9584)
Luminance	0.5927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8DB38 #6B38DB

analogous

#DBBD38 #A8DB38 #57DB38

triadic

#A8DB38 #38A8DB #DB38A8

tetradic

#A8DB38 #38DBBD #6B38DB #DB3857

square

#A8DB38 #38DBBD #6B38DB #DB3857

split-complementary

#A8DB38 #3857DB #BD38DB

monochromatic

#608117 #87B521 #A8DB38 #BFE46C #D5EEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#A8DB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#A8DB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8DB38

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8DB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8DB38	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CC12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8db38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 219, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.191 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e67a',
    500: '#a8db38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8db38;
$custom-light: #c6e67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8db38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.773,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82693,
    "c": 0.19054,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8DB38

secondary

#4B2F88

accent

#3CEC73

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13160A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8DB38

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

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