#A8E460#A8E460

#A8E460 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.174 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E460
RGB	rgb(168, 228, 96)
HSL	hsl(87, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(87, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 0%, 57.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.31, -39.78, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.31, 69.65, 124.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.1116 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.174 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0028, 64.6550, 21.1200)
Luminance	0.6466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E460 #9C60E4

analogous

#E4DE60 #A8E460 #66E460

triadic

#A8E460 #60A8E4 #E460A8

tetradic

#A8E460 #60E4DE #9C60E4 #E46066

square

#A8E460 #60E4DE #9C60E4 #E46066

split-complementary

#A8E460 #6066E4 #DE60E4

monochromatic

#6BAC1D #8BDB2C #A8E460 #C5ED94 #E1F6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A8E460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#A8E460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E460

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E460	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 228, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.174 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ec91',
    500: '#a8e460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e460;
$custom-light: #c5ec91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.273,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8511,
    "c": 0.17394,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E460

secondary

#6F3AAE

accent

#13D36A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E460

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

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