#A8DB56#A8DB56

#A8DB56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.170 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8DB56
RGB	rgb(168, 219, 86)
HSL	hsl(83, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(83, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -36.60, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 69.02, 122.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.1037 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.17 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1596, 59.6590, 18.0438)
Luminance	0.5966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8DB56 #8956DB

analogous

#DBCC56 #A8DB56 #65DB56

triadic

#A8DB56 #56A8DB #DB56A8

tetradic

#A8DB56 #56DBCC #8956DB #DB5665

square

#A8DB56 #56DBCC #8956DB #DB5665

split-complementary

#A8DB56 #5665DB #CC56DB

monochromatic

#699720 #8CC92B #A8DB56 #C2E688 #DCF0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#A8DB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#A8DB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8DB56

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8DB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8DB56	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8db56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 219, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.170 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e68b',
    500: '#a8db56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8db56;
$custom-light: #c5e68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8db56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.008,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82932,
    "c": 0.17037,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8DB56

secondary

#5F3A9B

accent

#40E880

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8DB56

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

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