#8AE037#8AE037

#8AE037 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.212 H 133.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE037
RGB	rgb(138, 224, 55)
HSL	hsl(91, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(91, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 0%, 75.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.29, -51.55, 69.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.29, 86.32, 126.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.1451 0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.212 133.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8259, 58.9886, 13.0066)
Luminance	0.5899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE037 #8D37E0

analogous

#DEE037 #8AE037 #37E039

triadic

#8AE037 #378AE0 #E0378A

tetradic

#8AE037 #37DEE0 #8D37E0 #E03937

square

#8AE037 #37DEE0 #8D37E0 #E03937

split-complementary

#8AE037 #3937E0 #E037DE

monochromatic

#4D8815 #6BBD1D #8AE037 #A9E86C #C8F0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#8AE037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#8AE037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE037

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE037	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CE0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AD7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 224, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.212 133.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ea7a',
    500: '#8ae037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae037;
$custom-light: #b3ea7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.533,
    "s": 73.16,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8214,
    "c": 0.21167,
    "h": 133.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE037

secondary

#5E2E8E

accent

#38F096

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FDF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#12160A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE037

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

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