#8AE231#8AE231

#8AE231 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.217 H 133.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE231
RGB	rgb(138, 226, 49)
HSL	hsl(90, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(90, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 0%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.85, -52.66, 71.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.85, 88.85, 126.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.1485 0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.217 133.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2314, 60.0159, 12.4749)
Luminance	0.6002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE231 #8931E2

analogous

#E2E231 #8AE231 #32E231

triadic

#8AE231 #318AE2 #E2318A

tetradic

#8AE231 #31E2E2 #8931E2 #E23132

square

#8AE231 #31E2E2 #8931E2 #E23132

split-complementary

#8AE231 #3132E2 #E231E2

monochromatic

#4D8613 #6BBB1A #8AE231 #A8EA67 #C7F19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#8AE231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#8AE231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE231

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE231	1.00	1.61	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.61	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)

#EBD000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AD9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 226, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.217 133.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3eb78',
    500: '#8ae231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae231;
$custom-light: #b3eb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.831,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8259,
    "c": 0.2169,
    "h": 133.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE231

secondary

#5B2B8C

accent

#36F293

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FDF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#12160A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE231

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

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