#A8E359#A8E359

#A8E359 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.178 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E359
RGB	rgb(168, 227, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 0%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.96, -39.94, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.96, 71.90, 123.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.1126 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.178 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.4205, 63.9832, 19.4062)
Luminance	0.6398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E359 #9459E3

analogous

#E3D959 #A8E359 #63E359

triadic

#A8E359 #59A8E3 #E359A8

tetradic

#A8E359 #59E3D9 #9459E3 #E35963

square

#A8E359 #59E3D9 #9459E3 #E35963

split-complementary

#A8E359 #5963E3 #D959E3

monochromatic

#6BA61C #8DDA25 #A8E359 #C3EC8D #DFF5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#A8E359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#A8E359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E359

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E359	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.178 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ec8d',
    500: '#a8e359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e359;
$custom-light: #c5ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.652,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84807,
    "c": 0.17832,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E359

secondary

#6838A8

accent

#12D365

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E359

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

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