#A8E372#A8E372

#A8E372 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.156 H 131.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E372
RGB	rgb(168, 227, 114)
HSL	hsl(91, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(91, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 0%, 49.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.21, -37.54, 48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.21, 61.61, 127.54°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% -0.1041 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.156 131.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6541, 64.4767, 25.9035)
Luminance	0.6448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E372 #AD72E3

analogous

#E1E372 #A8E372 #72E375

triadic

#A8E372 #72A8E3 #E372A8

tetradic

#A8E372 #72E1E3 #AD72E3 #E37572

square

#A8E372 #72E1E3 #AD72E3 #E37572

split-complementary

#A8E372 #7572E3 #E372E1

monochromatic

#6AB624 #88D93F #A8E372 #C8EDA5 #E7F7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A8E372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#A8E372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E372

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E372	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AADBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 227, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.156 131.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ec9d',
    500: '#a8e372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e372;
$custom-light: #c4ec9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.327,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85097,
    "c": 0.15647,
    "h": 131.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E372

secondary

#7F42B7

accent

#17CF77

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160E

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E372

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

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