#8AE32E#8AE32E

#8AE32E is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.219 H 133.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE32E
RGB	rgb(138, 227, 46)
HSL	hsl(90, 76%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(90, 80%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 0%, 79.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.13, -53.20, 72.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.13, 90.05, 126.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.1501 0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.219 133.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4429, 60.5368, 12.2434)
Luminance	0.6054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE32E #872EE3

analogous

#E3E22E #8AE32E #2FE32E

triadic

#8AE32E #2E8AE3 #E32E8A

tetradic

#8AE32E #2EE3E2 #872EE3 #E32E2F

square

#8AE32E #2EE3E2 #872EE3 #E32E2F

split-complementary

#8AE32E #2E2FE3 #E22EE3

monochromatic

#4C8512 #6BBB19 #8AE32E #A8EA64 #C6F19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#8AE32E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#8AE32E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE32E

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE32E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE32E	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ADAC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae32e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 227, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.219 133.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ec76',
    500: '#8ae32e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae32e;
$custom-light: #b3ec76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae32e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.503,
    "s": 76.371,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82817,
    "c": 0.21936,
    "h": 133.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE32E

secondary

#5A2A8B

accent

#35F392

background

#FDFFFB

surface

#F8FEF2

border

#D1D6CC

text

#12160A

muted

#82857D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE32E

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

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