#A8E459#A8E459

#A8E459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.180 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E459
RGB	rgb(168, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.24, -40.38, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.24, 72.41, 123.90°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.1139 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.18 129.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6948, 64.5318, 19.4977)
Luminance	0.6453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E459 #9559E4

analogous

#E4DA59 #A8E459 #63E459

triadic

#A8E459 #59A8E4 #E459A8

tetradic

#A8E459 #59E4DA #9559E4 #E45963

square

#A8E459 #59E4DA #9559E4 #E45963

split-complementary

#A8E459 #5963E4 #DA59E4

monochromatic

#6BA71B #8CDB24 #A8E459 #C4ED8E #DFF5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A8E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.91

#A8E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E459

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E459	1.00	1.51	13.91	13.91
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.180 129.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ec8d',
    500: '#a8e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e459;
$custom-light: #c5ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.899,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85038,
    "c": 0.1796,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E459

secondary

#6938A9

accent

#11D465

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E459

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

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