#8AEC49#8AEC49

#8AEC49 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.216 H 135.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AEC49
RGB	rgb(138, 236, 73)
HSL	hsl(96, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(96, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 69.1%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.93, -55.19, 66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.93, 86.57, 129.60°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.1537 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.216 135.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6783, 65.8729, 16.8207)
Luminance	0.6587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AEC49 #AB49EC

analogous

#DBEC49 #8AEC49 #49EC59

triadic

#8AEC49 #498AEC #EC498A

tetradic

#8AEC49 #49DBEC #AB49EC #EC5949

square

#8AEC49 #49DBEC #AB49EC #EC5949

split-complementary

#8AEC49 #5949EC #EC49DB

monochromatic

#4EA912 #68E017 #8AEC49 #AEF280 #D1F8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#8AEC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.18

#8AEC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AEC49

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AEC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AEC49	1.00	1.48	14.18	14.18
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87E3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aec49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 236, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.216 135.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3f384',
    500: '#8aec49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aec49;
$custom-light: #b3f384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aec49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.074,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85159,
    "c": 0.21568,
    "h": 135.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AEC49

secondary

#792FAA

accent

#08DD88

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF3

border

#D1D6CD

text

#12170C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AEC49

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

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