#8AE159#8AE159

#8AE159 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.191 H 135.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE159
RGB	rgb(138, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(98, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(98, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.82, -49.45, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.82, 75.44, 130.95°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.137 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.191 135.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2086, 59.9730, 18.9593)
Luminance	0.5998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE159 #B059E1

analogous

#CEE159 #8AE159 #59E16C

triadic

#8AE159 #598AE1 #E1598A

tetradic

#8AE159 #59CEE1 #B059E1 #E16C59

square

#8AE159 #59CEE1 #B059E1 #E16C59

split-complementary

#8AE159 #6C59E1 #E159CE

monochromatic

#4DA21D #66D627 #8AE159 #AFEA8D #D3F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#8AE159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#8AE159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE159

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE159	1.00	1.62	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87D9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.191 135.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1eb8d',
    500: '#8ae159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae159;
$custom-light: #b1eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.382,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82658,
    "c": 0.19066,
    "h": 135.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE159

secondary

#7E39A5

accent

#14D18D

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FDF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11160C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE159

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

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