#A8E455#A8E455

#A8E455 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.183 H 129.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E455
RGB	rgb(168, 228, 85)
HSL	hsl(85, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(85, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 0%, 62.7%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.21, -40.71, 61.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.21, 73.94, 123.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85% -0.1151 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.183 129)
XYZ	xyz(45.5313, 64.4664, 18.6370)
Luminance	0.6447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E455 #9155E4

analogous

#E4D955 #A8E455 #61E455

triadic

#A8E455 #55A8E4 #E455A8

tetradic

#A8E455 #55E4D9 #9155E4 #E45561

square

#A8E455 #55E4D9 #9155E4 #E45561

split-complementary

#A8E455 #5561E4 #D955E4

monochromatic

#6AA41A #8DD923 #A8E455 #C3EC8A #DEF5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A8E455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#A8E455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E455

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E455	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)

#EED543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 228, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.183 129.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ec8b',
    500: '#a8e455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e455;
$custom-light: #c5ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.175,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85,
    "c": 0.18268,
    "h": 129
  },
  "luminance": 0.64468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E455

secondary

#6636A7

accent

#11D563

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E455

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

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