#8BD559#8BD559

#8BD559 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.174 H 134.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BD559
RGB	rgb(139, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(96, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(96, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.7%, 0%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -44.07, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 68.97, 129.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.1223 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.174 134.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2441, 53.7972, 17.9235)
Luminance	0.5380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BD559 #A359D5

analogous

#C9D559 #8BD559 #59D565

triadic

#8BD559 #598BD5 #D5598B

tetradic

#8BD559 #59C9D5 #A359D5 #D56559

square

#8BD559 #59C9D5 #A359D5 #D56559

split-complementary

#8BD559 #6559D5 #D559C9

monochromatic

#4F8F24 #6BC031 #8BD559 #ADE18A #CFEEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#8BD559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#8BD559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BD559

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BD559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BD559	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ACEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bd559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.174 134.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e28c',
    500: '#8bd559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bd559;
$custom-light: #b1e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bd559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.806,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79832,
    "c": 0.17434,
    "h": 134.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BD559

secondary

#723D95

accent

#45E3A3

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BD559

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

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