#A8E266

A light, moderate green closely aligning with Yellowgreen.

About #A8E266

The hex code #A8E266 represents a beautifully specific shade of green. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Yellowgreen. Its digital footprint relies on 168 parts red, 226 parts green, and 102 parts blue light.

When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 26% cyan and 0% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 88.1 degrees, it sits comfortably in the green spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#A8E266
RGB168, 226, 102
HSL88.1°, 68.1%, 64.3%
CMYK26%, 0%, 55%, 11%
HSV88.1°, 54.9%, 88.6%
LAB83.8, -38.3, 53.9
XYZ45.7, 63.7, 22.5
Decimal11068006

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

1.53:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
13.74:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.46:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
11.68:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #A8E266; }
.text-color { color: #A8E266; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #A8E266; }

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