#8AE357#8AE357

#8AE357 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.195 H 135.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE357
RGB	rgb(138, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(98, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(98, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.39, -50.45, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.39, 77.22, 130.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.1399 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.195 135.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6696, 61.0275, 18.7042)
Luminance	0.6103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE357 #B057E3

analogous

#D0E357 #8AE357 #57E36A

triadic

#8AE357 #578AE3 #E3578A

tetradic

#8AE357 #57D0E3 #B057E3 #E36A57

square

#8AE357 #57D0E3 #B057E3 #E36A57

split-complementary

#8AE357 #6A57E3 #E357D0

monochromatic

#4DA41B #66D924 #8AE357 #AFEC8B #D3F4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#8AE357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#8AE357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE357

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE357	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87DBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.195 135.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ec8c',
    500: '#8ae357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae357;
$custom-light: #b2ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83118,
    "c": 0.19479,
    "h": 135.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE357

secondary

#7E38A7

accent

#12D38D

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#11160C

muted

#81857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE357

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

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