#8AE22B#8AE22B

#8AE22B is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.219 H 133.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE22B
RGB	rgb(138, 226, 43)
HSL	hsl(89, 76%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(89, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 0%, 81%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.82, -52.94, 73.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.82, 90.31, 125.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.1495 0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.219 133)
XYZ	xyz(38.1131, 59.9686, 11.8519)
Luminance	0.5997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE22B #832BE2

analogous

#E2DE2B #8AE22B #2FE22B

triadic

#8AE22B #2B8AE2 #E22B8A

tetradic

#8AE22B #2BE2DE #832BE2 #E22B2F

square

#8AE22B #2BE2DE #832BE2 #E22B2F

split-complementary

#8AE22B #2B2FE2 #DE2BE2

monochromatic

#4B8112 #6BB719 #8AE22B #A8E961 #C5F197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#8AE22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#8AE22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE22B

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE22B	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BD9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 226, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.219 133.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3eb75',
    500: '#8ae22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae22b;
$custom-light: #b3eb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.852,
    "s": 75.934,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8256,
    "c": 0.21946,
    "h": 133
  },
  "luminance": 0.5997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE22B

secondary

#572A88

accent

#35F390

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FDF1

border

#D1D5CB

text

#121609

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE22B

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

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