#A8EC57#A8EC57

#A8EC57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.191 H 130.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8EC57
RGB	rgb(168, 236, 87)
HSL	hsl(87, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(87, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 0%, 63.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -44.04, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 77.19, 124.78°)
OKLab	oklab(86.87% -0.1241 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(86.87% 0.191 130.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8638, 69.0025, 19.8120)
Luminance	0.6900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8EC57 #9B57EC

analogous

#ECE657 #A8EC57 #5DEC57

triadic

#A8EC57 #57A8EC #EC57A8

tetradic

#A8EC57 #57ECE6 #9B57EC #EC575D

square

#A8EC57 #57ECE6 #9B57EC #EC575D

split-complementary

#A8EC57 #575DEC #E657EC

monochromatic

#6BB414 #8CE620 #A8EC57 #C4F28E #E1F8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#A8EC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#A8EC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8EC57

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8EC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8EC57	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACE2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ec57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 236, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.191 130.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f28d',
    500: '#a8ec57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ec57;
$custom-light: #c6f28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ec57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.383,
    "s": 79.679,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8687,
    "c": 0.19134,
    "h": 130.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8EC57

secondary

#6E33B4

accent

#0ADC6A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8EC57

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

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