#A8E656#A8E656

#A8E656 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.184 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E656
RGB	rgb(168, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(86, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.79, -41.51, 61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.79, 74.56, 123.82°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.1172 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.184 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1247, 65.5892, 19.0321)
Luminance	0.6559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E656 #9456E6

analogous

#E6DC56 #A8E656 #60E656

triadic

#A8E656 #56A8E6 #E656A8

tetradic

#A8E656 #56E6DC #9456E6 #E65660

square

#A8E656 #56E6DC #9456E6 #E65660

split-complementary

#A8E656 #5660E6 #DC56E6

monochromatic

#6BA919 #8DDE21 #A8E656 #C3EE8B #DFF6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#A8E656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#A8E656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E656

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E656	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.184 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ee8b',
    500: '#a8e656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e656;
$custom-light: #c5ee8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.833,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85471,
    "c": 0.18447,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E656

secondary

#6836AA

accent

#0FD665

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E656

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

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