#A8E561#A8E561
#A8E561 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.174 H 130.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A8E561 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 229, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(88, 72%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(88, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(26.6%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.60, -40.13, 57.06) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.60, 69.76, 125.12°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.35% -0.1125 0.1333) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.35% 0.174 130.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.3250, 65.2253, 21.4560) |
| Luminance | 0.6523 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 3.88
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 4.07
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 4.57
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 4.83
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 5.16
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 5.20
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A8E561 #9E61E5
analogous
#E5E061 #A8E561 #66E561
triadic
#A8E561 #61A8E5 #E561A8
tetradic
#A8E561 #61E5E0 #9E61E5 #E56166
square
#A8E561 #61E5E0 #9E61E5 #E56166
split-complementary
#A8E561 #6166E5 #E061E5
monochromatic
#6BAF1D #8BDC2C #A8E561 #C5EE96 #E2F6CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.50
#A8E561 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.05
#A8E561 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A8E561
14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A8E561 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A8E561 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 14.05 | 14.05 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EFD653
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E6D26A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ACDCC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a8e561; /* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 229, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.174 130.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5ed92',
500: '#a8e561',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a8e561; $custom-light: #c5ed92; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a8e561",
"rgb": {
"r": 168,
"g": 229,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 87.727,
"s": 71.739,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85352,
"c": 0.17441,
"h": 130.2
},
"luminance": 0.65227
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A8E561
secondary
#713AB0
accent
#12D46B
background
#FDFFFC
surface
#F9FEF4
border
#D2D6CE
text
#13160D
muted
#82857F