#A8E565#A8E565

#A8E565 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.171 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E565
RGB	rgb(168, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(89, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(89, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 0%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.64, -39.76, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.64, 68.14, 125.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.4% -0.1112 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(85.4% 0.171 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5162, 65.3018, 22.4631)
Luminance	0.6530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E565 #A265E5

analogous

#E5E265 #A8E565 #68E565

triadic

#A8E565 #65A8E5 #E565A8

tetradic

#A8E565 #65E5E2 #A265E5 #E56568

square

#A8E565 #65E5E2 #A265E5 #E56568

split-complementary

#A8E565 #6568E5 #E265E5

monochromatic

#6BB21E #8ADC31 #A8E565 #C6EE99 #E3F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#A8E565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#A8E565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E565

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E565	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)

#EED658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABDCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.171 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ed95',
    500: '#a8e565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e565;
$custom-light: #c5ed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.594,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85396,
    "c": 0.17101,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E565

secondary

#743CB2

accent

#12D36E

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF5

border

#D2D6CF

text

#13160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E565

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

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