#A8E55A#A8E55A

#A8E55A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.180 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E55A
RGB	rgb(168, 229, 90)
HSL	hsl(86, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 0%, 60.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.54, -40.74, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.54, 72.53, 124.18°)
OKLab	oklab(85.28% -0.1148 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(85.28% 0.18 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0129, 65.1005, 19.8123)
Luminance	0.6510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E55A #975AE5

analogous

#E5DD5A #A8E55A #62E55A

triadic

#A8E55A #5AA8E5 #E55AA8

tetradic

#A8E55A #5AE5DD #975AE5 #E55A62

square

#A8E55A #5AE5DD #975AE5 #E55A62

split-complementary

#A8E55A #5A62E5 #DD5AE5

monochromatic

#6BAA1B #8CDD25 #A8E55A #C4ED8F #E0F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#A8E55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#A8E55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E55A

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E55A	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)

#EFD64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 229, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.180 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ed8e',
    500: '#a8e55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e55a;
$custom-light: #c5ed8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.331,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85279,
    "c": 0.1801,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E55A

secondary

#6B38AB

accent

#11D567

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E55A

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

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