#8BE231#8BE231

#8BE231 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.216 H 133.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BE231
RGB	rgb(139, 226, 49)
HSL	hsl(89, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(89, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 0%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -52.33, 71.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 88.70, 126.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.1476 0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.216 133)
XYZ	xyz(38.3976, 60.1016, 12.4827)
Luminance	0.6010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BE231 #8831E2

analogous

#E2E131 #8BE231 #33E231

triadic

#8BE231 #318BE2 #E2318B

tetradic

#8BE231 #31E2E1 #8831E2 #E23133

square

#8BE231 #31E2E1 #8831E2 #E23133

split-complementary

#8BE231 #3133E2 #E131E2

monochromatic

#4D8613 #6CBB1A #8BE231 #A9EA67 #C7F19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#8BE231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#8BE231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BE231

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BE231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BE231	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CD9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8be231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 226, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.216 133.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4eb78',
    500: '#8be231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8be231;
$custom-light: #b4eb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8be231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.492,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8264,
    "c": 0.2164,
    "h": 133
  },
  "luminance": 0.60103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BE231

secondary

#5B2B8C

accent

#36F292

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FDF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#12160A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BE231

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

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