#A8E356#A8E356

#A8E356 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.181 H 129.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E356
RGB	rgb(168, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(85, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(85, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 0%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.93, -40.19, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.93, 73.06, 123.37°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% -0.1136 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.181 129)
XYZ	xyz(45.2970, 63.9338, 18.7562)
Luminance	0.6393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E356 #9156E3

analogous

#E3D756 #A8E356 #62E356

triadic

#A8E356 #56A8E3 #E356A8

tetradic

#A8E356 #56E3D7 #9156E3 #E35662

square

#A8E356 #56E3D7 #9156E3 #E35662

split-complementary

#A8E356 #5662E3 #D756E3

monochromatic

#6AA41B #8DD824 #A8E356 #C3EC8B #DEF4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#A8E356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#A8E356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E356

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E356	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.181 129.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ec8b',
    500: '#a8e356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e356;
$custom-light: #c5ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.106,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84778,
    "c": 0.18065,
    "h": 129
  },
  "luminance": 0.63935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E356

secondary

#6637A6

accent

#12D463

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E356

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

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