#8AEC56#8AEC56

#8AEC56 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.207 H 136.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AEC56
RGB	rgb(138, 236, 86)
HSL	hsl(99, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(99, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 0%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.03, -54.16, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.03, 82.16, 131.24°)
OKLab	oklab(85.27% -0.15 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(85.27% 0.207 136.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1552, 66.0637, 19.3326)
Luminance	0.6607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AEC56 #B856EC

analogous

#D5EC56 #8AEC56 #56EC6D

triadic

#8AEC56 #568AEC #EC568A

tetradic

#8AEC56 #56D5EC #B856EC #EC6D56

square

#8AEC56 #56D5EC #B856EC #EC6D56

split-complementary

#8AEC56 #6D56EC #EC56D5

monochromatic

#4BB314 #64E61F #8AEC56 #B0F28D #D6F8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#8AEC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.21

#8AEC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AEC56

14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AEC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AEC56	1.00	1.48	14.21	14.21
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86E4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aec56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 236, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.207 136.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2f38c',
    500: '#8aec56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aec56;
$custom-light: #b2f38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aec56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.2,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8527,
    "c": 0.20692,
    "h": 136.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AEC56

secondary

#8733B3

accent

#09DC93

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#12170C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AEC56

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

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