#A8E362#A8E362

#A8E362 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.171 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E362
RGB	rgb(168, 227, 98)
HSL	hsl(87, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(87, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 0%, 56.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.04, -39.15, 55.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.04, 68.32, 124.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% -0.1097 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.171 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8217, 64.1437, 21.5197)
Luminance	0.6414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E362 #9D62E3

analogous

#E3DE62 #A8E362 #67E362

triadic

#A8E362 #62A8E3 #E362A8

tetradic

#A8E362 #62E3DE #9D62E3 #E36267

square

#A8E362 #62E3DE #9D62E3 #E36267

split-complementary

#A8E362 #6267E3 #DE62E3

monochromatic

#6BAC1F #8BDA2E #A8E362 #C5EC96 #E2F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#A8E362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.83

#A8E362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E362

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E362	1.00	1.52	13.83	13.83
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D06B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDAC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 227, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.171 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ec93',
    500: '#a8e362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e362;
$custom-light: #c5ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.442,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84901,
    "c": 0.17093,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E362

secondary

#703CAE

accent

#14D26B

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E362

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

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