#A8E349#A8E349

#A8E349 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.190 H 128.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E349
RGB	rgb(168, 227, 73)
HSL	hsl(83, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(83, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 0%, 67.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.83, -41.13, 66.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.83, 77.81, 121.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.1172 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.19 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.8201, 63.7431, 16.2443)
Luminance	0.6374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E349 #8449E3

analogous

#E3D149 #A8E349 #5BE349

triadic

#A8E349 #49A8E3 #E349A8

tetradic

#A8E349 #49E3D1 #8449E3 #E3495B

square

#A8E349 #49E3D1 #8449E3 #E3495B

split-complementary

#A8E349 #495BE3 #D149E3

monochromatic

#689A18 #8CCF20 #A8E349 #C1EB7E #DBF3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#A8E349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#A8E349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E349

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E349	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 227, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.190 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec84',
    500: '#a8e349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e349;
$custom-light: #c6ec84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.987,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84665,
    "c": 0.18995,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E349

secondary

#5C339E

accent

#38F07E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFDF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13160B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E349

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

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