#A8E557#A8E557

#A8E557 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.182 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A8E557
RGBrgb(168, 229, 87)
HSLhsl(86, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(86, 62%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(26.6%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(84.51, -40.99, 61.23)
CIE-LCHlch(84.51, 73.68, 123.80°)
OKLaboklab(85.25% -0.1157 0.1411)
OKLCHoklch(85.25% 0.182 129.4)
XYZxyz(45.8878, 65.0504, 19.1533)
Luminance0.6505 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A8E557 #9457E5
analogous
#E5DB57 #A8E557 #61E557
triadic
#A8E557 #57A8E5 #E557A8
tetradic
#A8E557 #57E5DB #9457E5 #E55761
square
#A8E557 #57E5DB #9457E5 #E55761
split-complementary
#A8E557 #5761E5 #DB57E5
monochromatic
#6BA81A #8DDD22 #A8E557 #C3ED8C #DFF5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50
#A8E557 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01
#A8E557 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E557
14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A8E557#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A8E5571.001.5014.0114.01
#FFFFFF1.501.0021.0021.00
#00000014.0121.001.001.00
##00000014.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EFD646
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D262
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ACDCC7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a8e557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 229, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.182 129.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ed8c',
    500: '#a8e557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a8e557;
$custom-light: #c5ed8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a8e557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.775,
    "s": 73.196,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8525,
    "c": 0.18243,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A8E557
secondary
#6837AA
accent
#10D565
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FAFEF4
border
#D3D6CE
text
#13160C
muted
#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E557

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#A8E557 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva