#A8E959#A8E959

#A8E959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.186 H 130.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A8E959
RGBrgb(168, 233, 89)
HSLhsl(87, 77%, 63%)
HSVhsv(87, 62%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(27.9%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(85.67, -42.58, 61.67)
CIE-LCHlch(85.67, 74.94, 124.62°)
OKLaboklab(86.19% -0.1199 0.1422)
OKLCHoklch(86.19% 0.186 130.1)
XYZxyz(47.0902, 67.3226, 19.9628)
Luminance0.6732 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A8E959 #9A59E9
analogous
#E9E259 #A8E959 #60E959
triadic
#A8E959 #59A8E9 #E959A8
tetradic
#A8E959 #59E9E2 #9A59E9 #E95960
square
#A8E959 #59E9E2 #9A59E9 #E95960
split-complementary
#A8E959 #5960E9 #E259E9
monochromatic
#6BB017 #8CE223 #A8E959 #C4F08F #E1F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45
#A8E959 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46
#A8E959 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8E959
14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A8E959#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A8E9591.001.4514.4614.46
#FFFFFF1.451.0021.0021.00
#00000014.4621.001.001.00
##00000014.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F3D948
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EAD564
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ACE0CB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a8e959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.186 130.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5f08d',
    500: '#a8e959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a8e959;
$custom-light: #c5f08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a8e959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.083,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86194,
    "c": 0.18602,
    "h": 130.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A8E959
secondary
#6D35B1
accent
#0DD969
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FAFEF4
border
#D3D6CE
text
#13160D
muted
#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8E959

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#A8E959 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva