#8AE957#8AE957

#8AE957 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.202 H 136.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE957
RGB	rgb(138, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(99, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(99, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.16, -52.88, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.16, 80.29, 131.20°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% -0.1465 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.202 136.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3393, 64.3669, 19.2608)
Luminance	0.6437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE957 #B657E9

analogous

#D3E957 #8AE957 #57E96D

triadic

#8AE957 #578AE9 #E9578A

tetradic

#8AE957 #57D3E9 #B657E9 #E96D57

square

#8AE957 #57D3E9 #B657E9 #E96D57

split-complementary

#8AE957 #6D57E9 #E957D3

monochromatic

#4CAF17 #64E221 #8AE957 #B0F08D #D5F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#8AE957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#8AE957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE957

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE957	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86E1CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.202 136.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2f08c',
    500: '#8ae957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae957;
$custom-light: #b2f08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.041,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84559,
    "c": 0.20242,
    "h": 136.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE957

secondary

#8535AF

accent

#0CD992

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#11170C

muted

#81857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE957

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

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