#A8E756#A8E756

#A8E756 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.186 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E756
RGB	rgb(168, 231, 86)
HSL	hsl(86, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 0%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.07, -41.94, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.07, 75.07, 123.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% -0.1184 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.186 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.4038, 66.1473, 19.1252)
Luminance	0.6615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E756 #9556E7

analogous

#E7DE56 #A8E756 #60E756

triadic

#A8E756 #56A8E7 #E756A8

tetradic

#A8E756 #56E7DE #9556E7 #E75660

square

#A8E756 #56E7DE #9556E7 #E75660

split-complementary

#A8E756 #5660E7 #DE56E7

monochromatic

#6BAA18 #8CDF20 #A8E756 #C4EF8C #DFF6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#A8E756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#A8E756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E756

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E756	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 231, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.186 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ef8c',
    500: '#a8e756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e756;
$custom-light: #c6ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.069,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85703,
    "c": 0.18575,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E756

secondary

#6935AC

accent

#0ED766

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E756

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

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