#A8EA51#A8EA51

#A8EA51 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.678; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.193 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8EA51
RGB	rgb(168, 234, 81)
HSL	hsl(86, 78%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 0%, 65.4%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.89, -43.63, 65.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.89, 78.39, 123.82°)
OKLab	oklab(86.35% -0.1234 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(86.35% 0.193 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0562, 67.7633, 18.3834)
Luminance	0.6776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8EA51 #9351EA

analogous

#EADF51 #A8EA51 #5CEA51

triadic

#A8EA51 #51A8EA #EA51A8

tetradic

#A8EA51 #51EADF #9351EA #EA515C

square

#A8EA51 #51EADF #9351EA #EA515C

split-complementary

#A8EA51 #515CEA #DF51EA

monochromatic

#6BAC15 #8DE21B #A8EA51 #C3F188 #DFF7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#A8EA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#A8EA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8EA51

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8EA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8EA51	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACE0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ea51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 234, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.193 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f189',
    500: '#a8ea51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ea51;
$custom-light: #c6f189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ea51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.882,
    "s": 78.462,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86353,
    "c": 0.19315,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8EA51

secondary

#6732AD

accent

#0BDB64

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8EA51

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

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