#8BDE59#8BDE59

#8BDE59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.186 H 135.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BDE59
RGB	rgb(139, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(97, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(97, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.4%, 0%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, -47.88, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 73.72, 130.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.1328 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.186 135.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5710, 58.4509, 18.6991)
Luminance	0.5845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BDE59 #AC59DE

analogous

#CDDE59 #8BDE59 #59DE69

triadic

#8BDE59 #598BDE #DE598B

tetradic

#8BDE59 #59CDDE #AC59DE #DE6959

square

#8BDE59 #59CDDE #AC59DE #DE6959

split-complementary

#8BDE59 #6959DE #DE59CD

monochromatic

#4F9D1F #68D029 #8BDE59 #AFE88C #D2F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#8BDE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#8BDE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BDE59

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BDE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BDE59	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89D6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bde59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.186 135.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e98c',
    500: '#8bde59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bde59;
$custom-light: #b2e98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bde59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.444,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81989,
    "c": 0.18625,
    "h": 135.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BDE59

secondary

#7A3AA1

accent

#17CF8A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FDF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11160C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BDE59

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

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