#A8DC59#A8DC59

#A8DC59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.169 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8DC59
RGB	rgb(168, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(84, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(84, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.96, -36.81, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.96, 68.33, 122.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.104 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.169 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5447, 60.2317, 18.7810)
Luminance	0.6023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8DC59 #8D59DC

analogous

#DCCF59 #A8DC59 #66DC59

triadic

#A8DC59 #59A8DC #DC59A8

tetradic

#A8DC59 #59DCCF #8D59DC #DC5966

square

#A8DC59 #59DCCF #8D59DC #DC5966

split-complementary

#A8DC59 #5966DC #CF59DC

monochromatic

#6A9A20 #8DCD2B #A8DC59 #C2E78C #DDF1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#A8DC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#A8DC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8DC59

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8DC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8DC59	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADD3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8dc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.169 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e78d',
    500: '#a8dc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8dc59;
$custom-light: #c5e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8dc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.817,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83192,
    "c": 0.16924,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8DC59

secondary

#623B9E

accent

#18CD60

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8DC59

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

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