#A4E256#A4E256

#A4E256 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.181 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4E256
RGB	rgb(164, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(87, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(87, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, -41.20, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 73.10, 124.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% -0.1161 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.181 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1856, 62.9559, 18.6260)
Luminance	0.6296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4E256 #9456E2

analogous

#E2DA56 #A4E256 #5EE256

triadic

#A4E256 #56A4E2 #E256A4

tetradic

#A4E256 #56E2DA #9456E2 #E2565E

square

#A4E256 #56E2DA #9456E2 #E2565E

split-complementary

#A4E256 #565EE2 #DA56E2

monochromatic

#66A21C #88D625 #A4E256 #C0EB8A #DCF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#A4E256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#A4E256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4E256

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4E256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4E256	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8D9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4e256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.181 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3eb8b',
    500: '#a4e256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4e256;
$custom-light: #c3eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4e256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.571,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84303,
    "c": 0.18129,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4E256

secondary

#6838A5

accent

#13D368

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4E256

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

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