#A8DB42#A8DB42

#A8DB42 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.185 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8DB42
RGB	rgb(168, 219, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(80, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, -38.03, 66.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 76.40, 119.85°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.1093 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.185 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4635, 59.3805, 14.3776)
Luminance	0.5938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8DB42 #7542DB

analogous

#DBC142 #A8DB42 #5BDB42

triadic

#A8DB42 #42A8DB #DB42A8

tetradic

#A8DB42 #42DBC1 #7542DB #DB425B

square

#A8DB42 #42DBC1 #7542DB #DB425B

split-complementary

#A8DB42 #425BDB #C142DB

monochromatic

#64891A #89BC24 #A8DB42 #C0E575 #D7EFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#A8DB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#A8DB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8DB42

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8DB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8DB42	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8db42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 219, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.185 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e67f',
    500: '#a8db42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8db42;
$custom-light: #c6e67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8db42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8276,
    "c": 0.1847,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8DB42

secondary

#51338F

accent

#3DEB77

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13160B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8DB42

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

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