#8AE059#8AE059

#8AE059 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.189 H 135.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE059
RGB	rgb(138, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(98, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(98, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.4%, 0%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -49.03, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 74.92, 130.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.1359 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.189 135.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9391, 59.4339, 18.8694)
Luminance	0.5944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE059 #AF59E0

analogous

#CEE059 #8AE059 #59E06C

triadic

#8AE059 #598AE0 #E0598A

tetradic

#8AE059 #59CEE0 #AF59E0 #E06C59

square

#8AE059 #59CEE0 #AF59E0 #E06C59

split-complementary

#8AE059 #6C59E0 #E059CE

monochromatic

#4DA11E #66D428 #8AE059 #AEEA8D #D3F3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#8AE059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#8AE059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE059

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE059	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87D8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.189 135.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ea8d',
    500: '#8ae059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae059;
$custom-light: #b1ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.222,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82418,
    "c": 0.18936,
    "h": 135.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE059

secondary

#7D3AA4

accent

#15D08C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FDF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11160C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE059

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

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