#8AEE55#8AEE55

#8AEE55 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.210 H 136.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AEE55
RGB	rgb(138, 238, 85)
HSL	hsl(99, 82%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(99, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 0%, 64.3%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.61, -55.04, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.61, 83.51, 131.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.74% -0.1525 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(85.74% 0.21 136.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.6943, 67.2058, 19.3149)
Luminance	0.6721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AEE55 #B955EE

analogous

#D6EE55 #8AEE55 #55EE6C

triadic

#8AEE55 #558AEE #EE558A

tetradic

#8AEE55 #55D6EE #B955EE #EE6C55

square

#8AEE55 #55D6EE #B955EE #EE6C55

split-complementary

#8AEE55 #6C55EE #EE55D6

monochromatic

#4BB612 #64E81D #8AEE55 #B0F48D #D7F9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#8AEE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#8AEE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AEE55

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AEE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AEE55	1.00	1.45	14.44	14.44
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86E6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aee55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 238, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.210 136.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3f48b',
    500: '#8aee55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aee55;
$custom-light: #b3f48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aee55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.216,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85741,
    "c": 0.21013,
    "h": 136.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AEE55

secondary

#8831B6

accent

#07DE94

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#12170C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AEE55

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

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