#8AE237#8AE237

#8AE237 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.214 H 133.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE237
RGB	rgb(138, 226, 55)
HSL	hsl(91, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(91, 76%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 0%, 75.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.88, -52.36, 69.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.88, 87.25, 126.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.62% -0.1473 0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(82.62% 0.214 133.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3666, 60.0699, 13.1868)
Luminance	0.6007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE237 #8F37E2

analogous

#DFE237 #8AE237 #37E239

triadic

#8AE237 #378AE2 #E2378A

tetradic

#8AE237 #37DFE2 #8F37E2 #E23937

square

#8AE237 #37DFE2 #8F37E2 #E23937

split-complementary

#8AE237 #3937E2 #E237DF

monochromatic

#4E8B14 #6CC01C #8AE237 #A9EA6C #C9F2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#8AE237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#8AE237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE237

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE237	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AD9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 226, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.214 133.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3eb7a',
    500: '#8ae237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae237;
$custom-light: #b3eb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.877,
    "s": 74.672,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82623,
    "c": 0.21402,
    "h": 133.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE237

secondary

#602D90

accent

#37F197

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FDF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#12160A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE237

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

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