#A8E042#A8E042

#A8E042 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.191 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E042
RGB	rgb(168, 224, 66)
HSL	hsl(81, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(81, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.93, -40.25, 67.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.93, 78.75, 120.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.1154 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.191 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7876, 62.0286, 14.8190)
Luminance	0.6203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E042 #7A42E0

analogous

#E0C942 #A8E042 #59E042

triadic

#A8E042 #42A8E0 #E042A8

tetradic

#A8E042 #42E0C9 #7A42E0 #E04259

square

#A8E042 #42E0C9 #7A42E0 #E04259

split-complementary

#A8E042 #4259E0 #C942E0

monochromatic

#659018 #8AC520 #A8E042 #C0E977 #D8F1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#A8E042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.41

#A8E042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E042

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E042	1.00	1.57	13.41	13.41
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 224, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.191 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ea80',
    500: '#a8e042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e042;
$custom-light: #c6ea80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.266,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83918,
    "c": 0.19075,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E042

secondary

#553195

accent

#39EF7A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFDF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13160B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E042

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

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