#8AE256#8AE256

#8AE256 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.194 H 135.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE256
RGB	rgb(138, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(98, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(98, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, -50.13, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 77.08, 130.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.1391 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.194 135.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3563, 60.4659, 18.3997)
Luminance	0.6047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE256 #AE56E2

analogous

#D0E256 #8AE256 #56E268

triadic

#8AE256 #568AE2 #E2568A

tetradic

#8AE256 #56D0E2 #AE56E2 #E26856

square

#8AE256 #56D0E2 #AE56E2 #E26856

split-complementary

#8AE256 #6856E2 #E256D0

monochromatic

#4EA21C #67D625 #8AE256 #AEEB8A #D2F4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#8AE256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#8AE256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE256

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE256	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87DAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.194 135.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1eb8b',
    500: '#8ae256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae256;
$custom-light: #b1eb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.714,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82867,
    "c": 0.19426,
    "h": 135.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE256

secondary

#7C38A5

accent

#13D38B

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FDF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11160C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE256

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

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