#A8E463#A8E463

#A8E463 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.171 H 130.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E463
RGB	rgb(168, 228, 99)
HSL	hsl(88, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(88, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 0%, 56.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.33, -39.51, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.33, 68.43, 125.26°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% -0.1106 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.171 130.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.1436, 64.7113, 21.8614)
Luminance	0.6471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E463 #9F63E4

analogous

#E4E063 #A8E463 #68E463

triadic

#A8E463 #63A8E4 #E463A8

tetradic

#A8E463 #63E4E0 #9F63E4 #E46368

square

#A8E463 #63E4E0 #9F63E4 #E46368

split-complementary

#A8E463 #6368E4 #E063E4

monochromatic

#6BAE1E #8BDB2F #A8E463 #C5ED97 #E2F6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A8E463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#A8E463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E463

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E463	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)

#EDD556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABDBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 228, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.171 130.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ec93',
    500: '#a8e463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e463;
$custom-light: #c5ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.907,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85143,
    "c": 0.1714,
    "h": 130.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E463

secondary

#723CB0

accent

#13D36C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E463

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

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