#8AE32C#8AE32C

#8AE32C is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.220 H 133.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE32C
RGB	rgb(138, 227, 44)
HSL	hsl(89, 77%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(89, 81%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 0%, 80.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.12, -53.29, 73.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.12, 90.52, 126.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% -0.1504 0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.22 133.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.4044, 60.5214, 12.0406)
Luminance	0.6052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE32C #852CE3

analogous

#E3E02C #8AE32C #2EE32C

triadic

#8AE32C #2C8AE3 #E32C8A

tetradic

#8AE32C #2CE3E0 #852CE3 #E32C2E

square

#8AE32C #2CE3E0 #852CE3 #E32C2E

split-complementary

#8AE32C #2C2EE3 #E02CE3

monochromatic

#4C8311 #6BB919 #8AE32C #A8EA62 #C6F198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#8AE32C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#8AE32C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE32C

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE32C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE32C	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ADAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae32c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 227, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.220 133.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ec76',
    500: '#8ae32c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae32c;
$custom-light: #b3ec76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae32c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.18,
    "s": 76.569,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82807,
    "c": 0.22019,
    "h": 133.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE32C

secondary

#582A8A

accent

#35F391

background

#FDFFFB

surface

#F8FEF1

border

#D1D6CB

text

#12160A

muted

#82857D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE32C

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

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