#A8E457#A8E457

#A8E457 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.181 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E457
RGB	rgb(168, 228, 87)
HSL	hsl(86, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 0%, 61.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.22, -40.55, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.22, 73.18, 123.65°)
OKLab	oklab(85.02% -0.1145 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(85.02% 0.181 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6119, 64.4987, 19.0614)
Luminance	0.6450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E457 #9357E4

analogous

#E4DA57 #A8E457 #62E457

triadic

#A8E457 #57A8E4 #E457A8

tetradic

#A8E457 #57E4DA #9357E4 #E45762

square

#A8E457 #57E4DA #9357E4 #E45762

split-complementary

#A8E457 #5762E4 #DA57E4

monochromatic

#6BA61B #8DDB23 #A8E457 #C3EC8C #DFF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A8E457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#A8E457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E457

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E457	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)

#EED546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 228, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.181 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ec8c',
    500: '#a8e457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e457;
$custom-light: #c5ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.532,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85018,
    "c": 0.18116,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E457

secondary

#6737A8

accent

#11D464

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E457

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

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