#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
RGB	rgb(168, 229, 87)
HSL	hsl(86, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 0%, 62%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.51, -40.99, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.51, 73.68, 123.80°)
OKLab	oklab(85.25% -0.1157 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(85.25% 0.182 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8878, 65.0504, 19.1533)
Luminance	0.6505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##A8E557	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)

#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

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

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