#8AEE56#8AEE56

#8AEE56 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.209 H 136.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AEE56
RGB	rgb(138, 238, 86)
HSL	hsl(99, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(99, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 0%, 63.9%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.62, -54.95, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.62, 83.16, 131.36°)
OKLab	oklab(85.75% -0.1522 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(85.75% 0.209 136.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7343, 67.2218, 19.5256)
Luminance	0.6722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AEE56 #BA56EE

analogous

#D6EE56 #8AEE56 #56EE6E

triadic

#8AEE56 #568AEE #EE568A

tetradic

#8AEE56 #56D6EE #BA56EE #EE6E56

square

#8AEE56 #56D6EE #BA56EE #EE6E56

split-complementary

#8AEE56 #6E56EE #EE56D6

monochromatic

#4BB712 #64E81E #8AEE56 #B0F48E #D7F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#8AEE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.44

#8AEE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AEE56

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AEE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AEE56	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)

#F6DB43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#86E6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aee56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 238, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.209 136.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3f48c',
    500: '#8aee56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aee56;
$custom-light: #b3f48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aee56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.474,
    "s": 81.72,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85751,
    "c": 0.20942,
    "h": 136.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AEE56

secondary

#8932B7

accent

#07DE95

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#12170C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AEE56

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

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