#A8E65A#A8E65A

#A8E65A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.181 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E65A
RGB	rgb(168, 230, 90)
HSL	hsl(87, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(87, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 0%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.82, -41.18, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.82, 73.04, 124.32°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% -0.116 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.181 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2904, 65.6555, 19.9048)
Luminance	0.6566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E65A #985AE6

analogous

#E6DE5A #A8E65A #62E65A

triadic

#A8E65A #5AA8E6 #E65AA8

tetradic

#A8E65A #5AE6DE #985AE6 #E65A62

square

#A8E65A #5AE6DE #985AE6 #E65A62

split-complementary

#A8E65A #5A62E6 #DE5AE6

monochromatic

#6BAC1A #8CDE25 #A8E65A #C4EE8F #E0F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#A8E65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#A8E65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E65A

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E65A	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)

#F0D74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 230, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.181 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ee8e',
    500: '#a8e65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e65a;
$custom-light: #c5ee8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.571,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8551,
    "c": 0.18139,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E65A

secondary

#6B37AD

accent

#10D667

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E65A

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

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