#A8DC51#A8DC51

#A8DC51 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.176 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8DC51
RGB	rgb(168, 220, 81)
HSL	hsl(82, 67%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(82, 63%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 63.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -37.45, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 71.46, 121.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.1064 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.176 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2268, 60.1045, 17.1069)
Luminance	0.6010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8DC51 #8551DC

analogous

#DCCB51 #A8DC51 #63DC51

triadic

#A8DC51 #51A8DC #DC51A8

tetradic

#A8DC51 #51DCCB #8551DC #DC5163

square

#A8DC51 #51DCCB #8551DC #DC5163

split-complementary

#A8DC51 #5163DC #CB51DC

monochromatic

#68951E #8CC828 #A8DC51 #C1E684 #DBF0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#A8DC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#A8DC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8DC51

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8DC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8DC51	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8dc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 220, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.176 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e788',
    500: '#a8dc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8dc51;
$custom-light: #c5e788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8dc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.446,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83114,
    "c": 0.17553,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8DC51

secondary

#5C3899

accent

#3EE97E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8DC51

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

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