#8AEE57#8AEE57

#8AEE57 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.209 H 136.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AEE57
RGB	rgb(138, 238, 87)
HSL	hsl(100, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(100, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 0%, 63.4%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.62, -54.87, 62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.62, 82.81, 131.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% -0.1519 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.209 136.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7749, 67.2380, 19.7393)
Luminance	0.6724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AEE57 #BB57EE

analogous

#D5EE57 #8AEE57 #57EE6F

triadic

#8AEE57 #578AEE #EE578A

tetradic

#8AEE57 #57D5EE #BB57EE #EE6F57

square

#8AEE57 #57D5EE #BB57EE #EE6F57

split-complementary

#8AEE57 #6F57EE #EE57D5

monochromatic

#4AB813 #63E81F #8AEE57 #B1F48F #D7F9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#8AEE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.45

#8AEE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AEE57

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AEE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AEE57	1.00	1.45	14.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#85E6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aee57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 238, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.209 136.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3f48c',
    500: '#8aee57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aee57;
$custom-light: #b3f48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aee57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.735,
    "s": 81.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8576,
    "c": 0.2087,
    "h": 136.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AEE57

secondary

#8A32B7

accent

#08DE96

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#12170D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AEE57

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

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