#A8E477#A8E477

#A8E477 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.153 H 132.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E477
RGB	rgb(168, 228, 119)
HSL	hsl(93, 67%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(93, 48%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 0%, 47.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.56, -37.43, 46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.56, 60.00, 128.59°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.1034 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.153 132.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2208, 65.1422, 27.5350)
Luminance	0.6514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 4.96

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E477 #B377E4

analogous

#DEE477 #A8E477 #77E47D

triadic

#A8E477 #77A8E4 #E477A8

tetradic

#A8E477 #77DEE4 #B377E4 #E47D77

square

#A8E477 #77DEE4 #B377E4 #E47D77

split-complementary

#A8E477 #7D77E4 #E477DE

monochromatic

#69BB25 #87DA44 #A8E477 #C9EEAA #E9F8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#A8E477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#A8E477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E477

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E477	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 228, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.153 132.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4eca0',
    500: '#a8e477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e477;
$custom-light: #c4eca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.028,
    "s": 66.871,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85395,
    "c": 0.15308,
    "h": 132.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E477

secondary

#8644BB

accent

#17CF7C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160F

muted

#828480

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E477

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

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