#A8E955#A8E955

#A8E955 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.189 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8E955
RGB	rgb(168, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(86, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.63, -42.89, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.63, 76.44, 124.14°)
OKLab	oklab(86.16% -0.1211 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(86.16% 0.189 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9267, 67.2573, 19.1021)
Luminance	0.6726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8E955 #9655E9

analogous

#E9E055 #A8E955 #5EE955

triadic

#A8E955 #55A8E9 #E955A8

tetradic

#A8E955 #55E9E0 #9655E9 #E9555E

square

#A8E955 #55E9E0 #9655E9 #E9555E

split-complementary

#A8E955 #555EE9 #E055E9

monochromatic

#6BAD16 #8CE21F #A8E955 #C4F08B #DFF7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#A8E955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#A8E955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E955

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8E955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8E955	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8e955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.189 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f08b',
    500: '#a8e955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8e955;
$custom-light: #c6f08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8e955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.351,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86157,
    "c": 0.18903,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8E955

secondary

#6A34AE

accent

#0CD966

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E955

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

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