#A4E857#A4E857

#A4E857 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.188 H 130.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4E857
RGB	rgb(164, 232, 87)
HSL	hsl(88, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(88, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 0%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.15, -43.73, 61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.15, 75.76, 125.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.71% -0.123 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(85.71% 0.188 130.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.8863, 66.2925, 19.3931)
Luminance	0.6629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4E857 #9B57E8

analogous

#E8E357 #A4E857 #5BE857

triadic

#A4E857 #57A4E8 #E857A4

tetradic

#A4E857 #57E8E3 #9B57E8 #E8575B

square

#A4E857 #57E8E3 #9B57E8 #E8575B

split-complementary

#A4E857 #575BE8 #E357E8

monochromatic

#67AD18 #87E121 #A4E857 #C1EF8D #DEF7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#A4E857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#A4E857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4E857

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4E857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4E857	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7DFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4e857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 232, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.188 130.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ef8c',
    500: '#a4e857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4e857;
$custom-light: #c3ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4e857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.138,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85707,
    "c": 0.18821,
    "h": 130.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4E857

secondary

#6E35AE

accent

#0DD86C

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4E857

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

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