#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
RGBrgb(138, 224, 66)
HSLhsl(93, 72%, 57%)
HSVhsv(93, 71%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(38.4%, 0%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(81.35, -50.88, 65.59)
CIE-LCHlch(81.35, 83.01, 127.80°)
OKLaboklab(82.21% -0.1425 0.148)
OKLCHoklch(82.21% 0.205 133.9)
XYZxyz(38.1196, 59.1061, 14.5533)
Luminance0.5911 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

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
##8AE0421.001.6412.8212.82
#FFFFFF1.641.0021.0021.00
#00000012.8221.001.001.00
##00000012.8221.001.001.00

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

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#8AE042 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva