#8AEC51#8AEC51

#8AEC51 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.210 H 136.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AEC51
RGB	rgb(138, 236, 81)
HSL	hsl(98, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(98, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -54.58, 63.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 83.91, 130.58°)
OKLab	oklab(85.23% -0.1515 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(85.23% 0.21 136.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9608, 65.9859, 18.3085)
Luminance	0.6599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AEC51 #B351EC

analogous

#D8EC51 #8AEC51 #51EC65

triadic

#8AEC51 #518AEC #EC518A

tetradic

#8AEC51 #51D8EC #B351EC #EC6551

square

#8AEC51 #51D8EC #B351EC #EC6551

split-complementary

#8AEC51 #6551EC #EC51D8

monochromatic

#4DAF13 #65E61A #8AEC51 #AFF288 #D4F8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#8AEC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#8AEC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AEC51

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AEC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AEC51	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4D93C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86E4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aec51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 236, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.210 136.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3f389',
    500: '#8aec51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aec51;
$custom-light: #b3f389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aec51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.935,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85225,
    "c": 0.21044,
    "h": 136.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AEC51

secondary

#8131B0

accent

#09DD8F

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#12170C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AEC51

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

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