#A8E161#A8E161

#A8E161 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.169 H 129.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E161
RGB	rgb(168, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(87, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(87, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 0%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -38.35, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 67.68, 124.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% -0.1076 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.169 129.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2310, 63.0373, 21.0913)
Luminance	0.6304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E161 #9A61E1

analogous

#E1DA61 #A8E161 #68E161

triadic

#A8E161 #61A8E1 #E161A8

tetradic

#A8E161 #61E1DA #9A61E1 #E16168

square

#A8E161 #61E1DA #9A61E1 #E16168

split-complementary

#A8E161 #6168E1 #DA61E1

monochromatic

#6BA820 #8CD72E #A8E161 #C4EB94 #E1F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#A8E161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#A8E161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E161

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E161	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACD8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.169 129.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ea92',
    500: '#a8e161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e161;
$custom-light: #c5ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.719,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8443,
    "c": 0.16912,
    "h": 129.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E161

secondary

#6D3CAA

accent

#15D069

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E161

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

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