#A8E550#A8E550

#A8E550 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.188 H 128.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E550
RGB	rgb(168, 229, 80)
HSL	hsl(85, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(85, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 0%, 65.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.45, -41.52, 64.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.45, 76.29, 122.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.1177 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.188 128.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6156, 64.9415, 17.7195)
Luminance	0.6494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E550 #8D50E5

analogous

#E5D850 #A8E550 #5DE550

triadic

#A8E550 #50A8E5 #E550A8

tetradic

#A8E550 #50E5D8 #8D50E5 #E5505D

square

#A8E550 #50E5D8 #8D50E5 #E5505D

split-complementary

#A8E550 #505DE5 #D850E5

monochromatic

#6AA218 #8DD820 #A8E550 #C2ED85 #DDF5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#A8E550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.99

#A8E550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E550

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E550	1.00	1.50	13.99	13.99
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 229, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.188 128.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ed88',
    500: '#a8e550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e550;
$custom-light: #c6ed88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.564,
    "s": 74.129,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85186,
    "c": 0.18761,
    "h": 128.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E550

secondary

#6234A5

accent

#0FD661

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E550

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

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