#8BDD59#8BDD59

#8BDD59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.185 H 135.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BDD59
RGB	rgb(139, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(97, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(97, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 0%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -47.46, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 73.19, 130.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.1316 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.185 135.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3062, 57.9213, 18.6108)
Luminance	0.5792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BDD59 #AB59DD

analogous

#CDDD59 #8BDD59 #59DD69

triadic

#8BDD59 #598BDD #DD598B

tetradic

#8BDD59 #59CDDD #AB59DD #DD6959

square

#8BDD59 #59CDDD #AB59DD #DD6959

split-complementary

#8BDD59 #6959DD #DD59CD

monochromatic

#4F9C20 #68CF2A #8BDD59 #AEE78C #D2F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#8BDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#8BDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BDD59

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BDD59	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89D5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bdd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.185 135.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e88c',
    500: '#8bdd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bdd59;
$custom-light: #b2e88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bdd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.273,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81749,
    "c": 0.18493,
    "h": 135.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BDD59

secondary

#793BA0

accent

#18CE89

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11160C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BDD59

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →