#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
RGB	rgb(168, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(87, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.67, -42.58, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.67, 74.94, 124.62°)
OKLab	oklab(86.19% -0.1199 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(86.19% 0.186 130.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0902, 67.3226, 19.9628)
Luminance	0.6732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##A8E959	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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