#A8E059#A8E059

#A8E059 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.174 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E059
RGB	rgb(168, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(85, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.10, -38.61, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.10, 70.37, 123.27°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% -0.109 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.174 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6071, 62.3565, 19.1351)
Luminance	0.6236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E059 #9159E0

analogous

#E0D559 #A8E059 #65E059

triadic

#A8E059 #59A8E0 #E059A8

tetradic

#A8E059 #59E0D5 #9159E0 #E05965

square

#A8E059 #59E0D5 #9159E0 #E05965

split-complementary

#A8E059 #5965E0 #D559E0

monochromatic

#6AA11E #8DD428 #A8E059 #C3EA8D #DEF3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#A8E059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#A8E059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E059

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E059	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADD7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.174 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ea8d',
    500: '#a8e059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e059;
$custom-light: #c5ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.889,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84114,
    "c": 0.17444,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E059

secondary

#663AA4

accent

#15D063

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E059

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

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