#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
RGBrgb(168, 228, 81)
HSLhsl(84, 73%, 61%)
HSVhsv(84, 64%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(26.3%, 0%, 64.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(84.18, -41.01, 63.31)
CIE-LCHlch(84.18, 75.43, 122.93°)
OKLaboklab(84.96% -0.1162 0.1447)
OKLCHoklch(84.96% 0.186 128.8)
XYZxyz(45.3769, 64.4047, 17.8236)
Luminance0.6441 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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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
##A8E4511.001.5113.8813.88
#FFFFFF1.511.0021.0021.00
#00000013.8821.001.001.00
##00000013.8821.001.001.00

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

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#A8E451 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva