#A8E564#A8E564

#A8E564 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.172 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E564
RGB	rgb(168, 229, 100)
HSL	hsl(88, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(88, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 0%, 56.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -39.86, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 68.55, 125.55°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.1115 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.172 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4675, 65.2823, 22.2067)
Luminance	0.6528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E564 #A164E5

analogous

#E5E264 #A8E564 #68E564

triadic

#A8E564 #64A8E5 #E564A8

tetradic

#A8E564 #64E5E2 #A164E5 #E56468

square

#A8E564 #64E5E2 #A164E5 #E56468

split-complementary

#A8E564 #6468E5 #E264E5

monochromatic

#6BB11E #8BDC30 #A8E564 #C5EE98 #E3F7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#A8E564 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#A8E564 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E564

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E564	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E564	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABDCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e564;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 229, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.172 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ed94',
    500: '#a8e564',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e564;
$custom-light: #c5ed94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e564",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.372,
    "s": 71.271,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85385,
    "c": 0.17187,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E564

secondary

#733BB2

accent

#12D36E

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E564

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

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