#A8E253#A8E253

#A8E253 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.182 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E253
RGB	rgb(168, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(84, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(84, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.62, -39.98, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.62, 73.70, 122.85°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% -0.1132 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.182 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.9060, 63.3411, 18.0421)
Luminance	0.6334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E253 #8D53E2

analogous

#E2D553 #A8E253 #60E253

triadic

#A8E253 #53A8E2 #E253A8

tetradic

#A8E253 #53E2D5 #8D53E2 #E25360

square

#A8E253 #53E2D5 #8D53E2 #E25360

split-complementary

#A8E253 #5360E2 #D553E2

monochromatic

#6AA01B #8DD424 #A8E253 #C2EB87 #DDF4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#A8E253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.67

#A8E253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E253

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E253	1.00	1.54	13.67	13.67
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADD8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.182 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5eb89',
    500: '#a8e253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e253;
$custom-light: #c5eb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.336,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84519,
    "c": 0.18164,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E253

secondary

#6237A3

accent

#12D361

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E253

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

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