#A8E157#A8E157

#A8E157 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.177 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E157
RGB	rgb(168, 225, 87)
HSL	hsl(85, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(85, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 0%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.37, -39.22, 59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.37, 71.66, 123.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.1108 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.177 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7938, 62.8624, 18.7886)
Luminance	0.6286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E157 #9057E1

analogous

#E1D557 #A8E157 #63E157

triadic

#A8E157 #57A8E1 #E157A8

tetradic

#A8E157 #57E1D5 #9057E1 #E15763

square

#A8E157 #57E1D5 #9057E1 #E15763

split-complementary

#A8E157 #5763E1 #D557E1

monochromatic

#6AA11D #8DD526 #A8E157 #C3EA8B #DEF4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#A8E157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.57

#A8E157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E157

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E157	1.00	1.55	13.57	13.57
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADD8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 225, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.177 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ea8c',
    500: '#a8e157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e157;
$custom-light: #c5ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.783,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84325,
    "c": 0.17731,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E157

secondary

#6538A4

accent

#14D262

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E157

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

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