#A8E456#A8E456

#A8E456 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.182 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E456
RGB	rgb(168, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(85, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(85, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.22, -40.63, 61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.22, 73.56, 123.52°)
OKLab	oklab(85.01% -0.1148 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(85.01% 0.182 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.5713, 64.4824, 18.8477)
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

#A8E456 #9256E4

analogous

#E4D956 #A8E456 #61E456

triadic

#A8E456 #56A8E4 #E456A8

tetradic

#A8E456 #56E4D9 #9256E4 #E45661

square

#A8E456 #56E4D9 #9256E4 #E45661

split-complementary

#A8E456 #5661E4 #D956E4

monochromatic

#6BA51A #8DDA23 #A8E456 #C3EC8B #DEF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A8E456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#A8E456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E456

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E456	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)

#EED545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.182 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ec8b',
    500: '#a8e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e456;
$custom-light: #c5ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.352,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85009,
    "c": 0.18193,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E456

secondary

#6637A7

accent

#11D564

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E456

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

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