#A8E659#A8E659

#A8E659 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.182 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E659
RGB	rgb(168, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.81, -41.27, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.81, 73.42, 124.20°)
OKLab	oklab(85.5% -0.1163 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(85.5% 0.182 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2481, 65.6386, 19.6821)
Luminance	0.6564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E659 #9759E6

analogous

#E6DE59 #A8E659 #61E659

triadic

#A8E659 #59A8E6 #E659A8

tetradic

#A8E659 #59E6DE #9759E6 #E65961

square

#A8E659 #59E6DE #9759E6 #E65961

split-complementary

#A8E659 #5961E6 #DE59E6

monochromatic

#6BAB1A #8CDE24 #A8E659 #C4EE8E #E0F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#A8E659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#A8E659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E659

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E659	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.182 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ee8d',
    500: '#a8e659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e659;
$custom-light: #c5ee8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.383,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.855,
    "c": 0.18218,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E659

secondary

#6B37AC

accent

#10D667

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E659

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

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