#A8E453#A8E453

#A8E453 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.184 H 128.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E453
RGB	rgb(168, 228, 83)
HSL	hsl(85, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(85, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 0%, 63.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.19, -40.86, 62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.19, 74.69, 123.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.1157 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.184 128.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.4530, 64.4351, 18.2244)
Luminance	0.6444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E453 #8F53E4

analogous

#E4D853 #A8E453 #5FE453

triadic

#A8E453 #53A8E4 #E453A8

tetradic

#A8E453 #53E4D8 #8F53E4 #E4535F

square

#A8E453 #53E4D8 #8F53E4 #E4535F

split-complementary

#A8E453 #535FE4 #D853E4

monochromatic

#6AA31A #8DD822 #A8E453 #C3EC88 #DEF5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A8E453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#A8E453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E453

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E453	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 228, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.184 128.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ec8a',
    500: '#a8e453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e453;
$custom-light: #c5ec8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.828,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84981,
    "c": 0.18417,
    "h": 128.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E453

secondary

#6436A5

accent

#11D562

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E453

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

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