#A8E651#A8E651

#A8E651 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.188 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E651
RGB	rgb(168, 230, 81)
HSL	hsl(85, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(85, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.75, -41.89, 63.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.75, 76.42, 123.24°)
OKLab	oklab(85.43% -0.1187 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(85.43% 0.188 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9303, 65.5114, 18.0081)
Luminance	0.6551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E651 #8F51E6

analogous

#E6D951 #A8E651 #5DE651

triadic

#A8E651 #51A8E6 #E651A8

tetradic

#A8E651 #51E6D9 #8F51E6 #E6515D

square

#A8E651 #51E6D9 #8F51E6 #E6515D

split-complementary

#A8E651 #515DE6 #D951E6

monochromatic

#6AA518 #8DDA1F #A8E651 #C3EE87 #DEF5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#A8E651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#A8E651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E651

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E651	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 230, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.188 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ee89',
    500: '#a8e651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e651;
$custom-light: #c6ee89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.966,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85426,
    "c": 0.18815,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E651

secondary

#6434A7

accent

#0ED762

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E651

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

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