#A8E856#A8E856

#A8E856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.187 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E856
RGB	rgb(168, 232, 86)
HSL	hsl(86, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.36, -42.38, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.36, 75.57, 124.11°)
OKLab	oklab(85.93% -0.1196 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(85.93% 0.187 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6845, 66.7087, 19.2187)
Luminance	0.6671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E856 #9656E8

analogous

#E8DF56 #A8E856 #5FE856

triadic

#A8E856 #56A8E8 #E856A8

tetradic

#A8E856 #56E8DF #9656E8 #E8565F

square

#A8E856 #56E8DF #9656E8 #E8565F

split-complementary

#A8E856 #565FE8 #DF56E8

monochromatic

#6BAC17 #8CE120 #A8E856 #C4EF8C #DFF7C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#A8E856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#A8E856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E856

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E856	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 232, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.187 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ef8c',
    500: '#a8e856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e856;
$custom-light: #c6ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.301,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85934,
    "c": 0.18702,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E856

secondary

#6A35AD

accent

#0DD866

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E856

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

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