#8AE456#8AE456

#8AE456 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.197 H 135.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE456
RGB	rgb(138, 228, 86)
HSL	hsl(98, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(98, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.68, -50.95, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.68, 78.10, 130.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.1413 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.197 135.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9033, 61.5599, 18.5820)
Luminance	0.6156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE456 #B056E4

analogous

#D1E456 #8AE456 #56E469

triadic

#8AE456 #568AE4 #E4568A

tetradic

#8AE456 #56D1E4 #B056E4 #E46956

square

#8AE456 #56D1E4 #B056E4 #E46956

split-complementary

#8AE456 #6956E4 #E456D1

monochromatic

#4DA51A #66DA23 #8AE456 #AFEC8B #D3F5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#8AE456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#8AE456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE456

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE456	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87DCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.197 135.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ed8b',
    500: '#8ae456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae456;
$custom-light: #b2ed8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.028,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83348,
    "c": 0.19682,
    "h": 135.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE456

secondary

#7E37A7

accent

#11D58D

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#11160C

muted

#81857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE456

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

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