#A8DB59#A8DB59

#A8DB59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.168 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8DB59
RGB	rgb(168, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(84, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(84, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -36.35, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 67.82, 122.41°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.1027 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.168 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2830, 59.7084, 18.6938)
Luminance	0.5971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8DB59 #8C59DB

analogous

#DBCD59 #A8DB59 #67DB59

triadic

#A8DB59 #59A8DB #DB59A8

tetradic

#A8DB59 #59DBCD #8C59DB #DB5967

square

#A8DB59 #59DBCD #8C59DB #DB5967

split-complementary

#A8DB59 #5967DB #CD59DB

monochromatic

#6A9921 #8DCB2C #A8DB59 #C2E68B #DDF1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#A8DB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#A8DB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8DB59

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8DB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8DB59	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADD2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8db59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.168 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e68c',
    500: '#a8db59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8db59;
$custom-light: #c5e68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8db59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.538,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82962,
    "c": 0.16793,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8DB59

secondary

#623B9D

accent

#19CC5F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8DB59

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

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