#A8E556#A8E556

#A8E556 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.183 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E556
RGB	rgb(168, 229, 86)
HSL	hsl(86, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 0%, 62.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.50, -41.07, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.50, 74.06, 123.68°)
OKLab	oklab(85.24% -0.116 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(85.24% 0.183 129.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8472, 65.0342, 18.9396)
Luminance	0.6503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E556 #9356E5

analogous

#E5DA56 #A8E556 #61E556

triadic

#A8E556 #56A8E5 #E556A8

tetradic

#A8E556 #56E5DA #9356E5 #E55661

square

#A8E556 #56E5DA #9356E5 #E55661

split-complementary

#A8E556 #5661E5 #DA56E5

monochromatic

#6BA71A #8DDC22 #A8E556 #C3ED8B #DFF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#A8E556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#A8E556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E556

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E556	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 229, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.183 129.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ed8b',
    500: '#a8e556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e556;
$custom-light: #c5ed8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.594,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8524,
    "c": 0.1832,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E556

secondary

#6736A9

accent

#10D564

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E556

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

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