#8AE356#8AE356

#8AE356 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.196 H 135.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE356
RGB	rgb(138, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(98, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(98, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 0%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, -50.54, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 77.59, 130.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.1402 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.196 135.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6290, 61.0113, 18.4906)
Luminance	0.6101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE356 #AF56E3

analogous

#D1E356 #8AE356 #56E369

triadic

#8AE356 #568AE3 #E3568A

tetradic

#8AE356 #56D1E3 #AF56E3 #E36956

square

#8AE356 #56D1E3 #AF56E3 #E36956

split-complementary

#8AE356 #6956E3 #E356D1

monochromatic

#4DA41B #66D824 #8AE356 #AEEC8B #D3F4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#8AE356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#8AE356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE356

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE356	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87DBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.196 135.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ec8b',
    500: '#8ae356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae356;
$custom-light: #b2ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.872,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83108,
    "c": 0.19554,
    "h": 135.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE356

secondary

#7D37A6

accent

#12D48C

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#11160C

muted

#81857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE356

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

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