#8AE251#8AE251

#8AE251 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.198 H 135.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE251
RGB	rgb(138, 226, 81)
HSL	hsl(96, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(96, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 0%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.05, -50.56, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.05, 78.90, 129.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.1406 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.198 135.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1619, 60.3881, 17.3756)
Luminance	0.6039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE251 #A951E2

analogous

#D2E251 #8AE251 #51E260

triadic

#8AE251 #518AE2 #E2518A

tetradic

#8AE251 #51D2E2 #A951E2 #E26051

square

#8AE251 #51D2E2 #A951E2 #E26051

split-complementary

#8AE251 #6051E2 #E251D2

monochromatic

#4E9E1A #68D323 #8AE251 #ADEB85 #D1F3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#8AE251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#8AE251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE251

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE251	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88DAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 226, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.198 135.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2eb88',
    500: '#8ae251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae251;
$custom-light: #b2eb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.414,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82819,
    "c": 0.19797,
    "h": 135.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.6039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE251

secondary

#7736A1

accent

#12D387

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FDF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11160C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE251

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

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