#A8E858#A8E858

#A8E858 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.186 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E858
RGB	rgb(168, 232, 88)
HSL	hsl(87, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(87, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 0%, 62.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.37, -42.22, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.37, 74.81, 124.36°)
OKLab	oklab(85.95% -0.119 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(85.95% 0.186 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.7662, 66.7414, 19.6491)
Luminance	0.6674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E858 #9858E8

analogous

#E8E058 #A8E858 #60E858

triadic

#A8E858 #58A8E8 #E858A8

tetradic

#A8E858 #58E8E0 #9858E8 #E85860

square

#A8E858 #58E8E0 #9858E8 #E85860

split-complementary

#A8E858 #5860E8 #E058E8

monochromatic

#6BAE18 #8CE122 #A8E858 #C4EF8E #E0F7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#A8E858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#A8E858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E858

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E858	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 232, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.186 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ef8d',
    500: '#a8e858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e858;
$custom-light: #c5ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.667,
    "s": 75.789,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85953,
    "c": 0.18551,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E858

secondary

#6B36AF

accent

#0ED868

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E858

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

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