#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
RGB	rgb(168, 229, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 73%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 0%, 61.1%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.53, -40.83, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.53, 72.92, 124.05°)
OKLab	oklab(85.27% -0.1151 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(85.27% 0.181 129.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.9706, 65.0836, 19.5896)
Luminance	0.6509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

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
##A8E559	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A8E559

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

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