#A8E862#A8E862

#A8E862 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.178 H 130.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E862
RGB	rgb(168, 232, 98)
HSL	hsl(89, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(89, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 0%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.46, -41.37, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.46, 70.92, 125.68°)
OKLab	oklab(86.06% -0.1158 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(86.06% 0.178 130.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.2092, 66.9186, 21.9822)
Luminance	0.6692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E862 #A262E8

analogous

#E8E562 #A8E862 #65E862

triadic

#A8E862 #62A8E8 #E862A8

tetradic

#A8E862 #62E8E5 #A262E8 #E86265

square

#A8E862 #62E8E5 #A262E8 #E86265

split-complementary

#A8E862 #6265E8 #E562E8

monochromatic

#6BB51B #8AE02D #A8E862 #C6F097 #E3F8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#A8E862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#A8E862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E862

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E862	1.00	1.46	14.38	14.38
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABDFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 232, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.178 130.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ef93',
    500: '#a8e862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e862;
$custom-light: #c5ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.657,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86055,
    "c": 0.17754,
    "h": 130.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E862

secondary

#7439B5

accent

#0FD76E

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E862

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

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