#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
RGBrgb(138, 226, 43)
HSLhsl(89, 76%, 53%)
HSVhsv(89, 81%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(38.9%, 0%, 81%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(81.82, -52.94, 73.16)
CIE-LCHlch(81.82, 90.31, 125.89°)
OKLaboklab(82.56% -0.1495 0.1606)
OKLCHoklch(82.56% 0.219 133)
XYZxyz(38.1131, 59.9686, 11.8519)
Luminance0.5997 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

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
##8AE22B1.001.6212.9912.99
#FFFFFF1.621.0021.0021.00
#00000012.9921.001.001.00
##00000012.9921.001.001.00

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

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#8AE22B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva