#A8E559#A8E559

#A8E559 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.181 H 129.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A8E559
RGBrgb(168, 229, 89)
HSLhsl(86, 73%, 62%)
HSVhsv(86, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(26.6%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(84.53, -40.83, 60.42)
CIE-LCHlch(84.53, 72.92, 124.05°)
OKLaboklab(85.27% -0.1151 0.1396)
OKLCHoklch(85.27% 0.181 129.5)
XYZxyz(45.9706, 65.0836, 19.5896)
Luminance0.6509 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A8E559 #9659E5
analogous
#E5DC59 #A8E559 #62E559
triadic
#A8E559 #59A8E5 #E559A8
tetradic
#A8E559 #59E5DC #9659E5 #E55962
square
#A8E559 #59E5DC #9659E5 #E55962
split-complementary
#A8E559 #5962E5 #DC59E5
monochromatic
#6BA91A #8CDD24 #A8E559 #C4ED8E #DFF6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50
#A8E559 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02
#A8E559 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E559
14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A8E559#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A8E5591.001.5014.0214.02
#FFFFFF1.501.0021.0021.00
#00000014.0221.001.001.00
##00000014.0221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EFD649
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D263
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ACDCC7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a8e559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 229, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.181 129.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ed8d',
    500: '#a8e559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a8e559;
$custom-light: #c5ed8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a8e559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.143,
    "s": 72.917,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85269,
    "c": 0.1809,
    "h": 129.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A8E559
secondary
#6A37AB
accent
#10D566
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FAFEF4
border
#D3D6CE
text
#13160D
muted
#83857F

Preview Lab

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#A8E559 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva