#A8E451#A8E451

#A8E451 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.186 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E451
RGB	rgb(168, 228, 81)
HSL	hsl(84, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(84, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 0%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.18, -41.01, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.18, 75.43, 122.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% -0.1162 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.186 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.3769, 64.4047, 17.8236)
Luminance	0.6441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E451 #8D51E4

analogous

#E4D651 #A8E451 #5EE451

triadic

#A8E451 #51A8E4 #E451A8

tetradic

#A8E451 #51E4D6 #8D51E4 #E4515E

square

#A8E451 #51E4D6 #8D51E4 #E4515E

split-complementary

#A8E451 #515EE4 #D651E4

monochromatic

#6AA219 #8DD721 #A8E451 #C2EC86 #DDF4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A8E451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#A8E451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E451

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E451	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 228, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.186 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec88',
    500: '#a8e451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e451;
$custom-light: #c6ec88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.49,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84963,
    "c": 0.18564,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E451

secondary

#6235A4

accent

#10D561

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E451

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

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