#8AE959#8AE959

#8AE959 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.201 H 136.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AE959
RGB	rgb(138, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(100, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(100, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.8%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.17, -52.70, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.17, 79.56, 131.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.58% -0.1459 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(84.58% 0.201 136.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4222, 64.4001, 19.6971)
Luminance	0.6440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AE959 #B859E9

analogous

#D2E959 #8AE959 #59E970

triadic

#8AE959 #598AE9 #E9598A

tetradic

#8AE959 #59D2E9 #B859E9 #E97059

square

#8AE959 #59D2E9 #B859E9 #E97059

split-complementary

#8AE959 #7059E9 #E959D2

monochromatic

#4BB017 #64E223 #8AE959 #B0F08F #D6F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#8AE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#8AE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AE959

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AE959	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86E1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ae959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.201 136.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2f08d',
    500: '#8ae959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ae959;
$custom-light: #b2f08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ae959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.583,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84578,
    "c": 0.20093,
    "h": 136.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AE959

secondary

#8735B1

accent

#0DD993

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#11170D

muted

#81857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AE959

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

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