#A8E461#A8E461

#A8E461 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.173 H 130.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E461
RGB	rgb(168, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(87, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(87, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 0%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.32, -39.69, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.32, 69.24, 124.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.12% -0.1113 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(85.12% 0.173 130)
XYZ	xyz(46.0491, 64.6736, 21.3640)
Luminance	0.6468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E461 #9D61E4

analogous

#E4DE61 #A8E461 #66E461

triadic

#A8E461 #61A8E4 #E461A8

tetradic

#A8E461 #61E4DE #9D61E4 #E46166

square

#A8E461 #61E4DE #9D61E4 #E46166

split-complementary

#A8E461 #6166E4 #DE61E4

monochromatic

#6BAD1E #8BDB2D #A8E461 #C5ED95 #E2F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A8E461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#A8E461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E461

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E461	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.173 130.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ec92',
    500: '#a8e461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e461;
$custom-light: #c5ec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.481,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85121,
    "c": 0.1731,
    "h": 130
  },
  "luminance": 0.64675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E461

secondary

#703BAE

accent

#13D36B

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E461

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

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