#8AE042#8AE042

#8AE042 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.205 H 133.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE042
RGB	rgb(138, 224, 66)
HSL	hsl(93, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(93, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 0%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.35, -50.88, 65.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.35, 83.01, 127.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.1425 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.205 133.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1196, 59.1061, 14.5533)
Luminance	0.5911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE042 #9842E0

analogous

#D9E042 #8AE042 #42E049

triadic

#8AE042 #428AE0 #E0428A

tetradic

#8AE042 #42D9E0 #9842E0 #E04942

square

#8AE042 #42D9E0 #9842E0 #E04942

split-complementary

#8AE042 #4942E0 #E042D9

monochromatic

#4E9018 #6BC520 #8AE042 #ABE977 #CBF1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#8AE042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#8AE042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE042

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE042	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9CF27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89D7C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 224, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.205 133.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ea7f',
    500: '#8ae042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae042;
$custom-light: #b2ea7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.658,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82213,
    "c": 0.20549,
    "h": 133.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE042

secondary

#683195

accent

#39EF9C

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FDF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#11160B

muted

#81847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE042

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

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