#A8E558#A8E558
#A8E558 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 | #A8E558 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 229, 88) |
| HSL | hsl(86, 73%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(86, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(26.6%, 0%, 61.6%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.52, -40.91, 60.82) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.52, 73.30, 123.92°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.26% -0.1154 0.1403) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.26% 0.182 129.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.9289, 65.0669, 19.3700) |
| Luminance | 0.6507 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 3.43
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 3.46
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 4.92
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 5.03
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 5.26
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 5.28
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A8E558 #9558E5
analogous
#E5DB58 #A8E558 #62E558
triadic
#A8E558 #58A8E5 #E558A8
tetradic
#A8E558 #58E5DB #9558E5 #E55862
square
#A8E558 #58E5DB #9558E5 #E55862
split-complementary
#A8E558 #5862E5 #DB58E5
monochromatic
#6BA81A #8CDD23 #A8E558 #C4ED8D #DFF5C2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.50
#A8E558 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.01
#A8E558 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A8E558
14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A8E558 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A8E558 | 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)
#EFD647
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D263
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ACDCC7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a8e558; /* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 229, 88); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.182 129.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5ed8d',
500: '#a8e558',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a8e558; $custom-light: #c5ed8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a8e558",
"rgb": {
"r": 168,
"g": 229,
"b": 88
},
"hsl": {
"h": 85.957,
"s": 73.057,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85259,
"c": 0.18167,
"h": 129.4
},
"luminance": 0.65068
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A8E558
secondary
#6937AA
accent
#10D565
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FAFEF4
border
#D3D6CE
text
#13160C
muted
#83857F