#8BE959#8BE959

#8BE959 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.200 H 136.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BE959
RGB	rgb(139, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(99, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(99, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.22, -52.38, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.22, 79.40, 131.28°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.1451 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.2 136.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.5884, 64.4858, 19.7049)
Luminance	0.6449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BE959 #B759E9

analogous

#D3E959 #8BE959 #59E96F

triadic

#8BE959 #598BE9 #E9598B

tetradic

#8BE959 #59D3E9 #B759E9 #E96F59

square

#8BE959 #59D3E9 #B759E9 #E96F59

split-complementary

#8BE959 #6F59E9 #E959D3

monochromatic

#4CB017 #65E223 #8BE959 #B1F08F #D7F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#8BE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.90

#8BE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BE959

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BE959	1.00	1.51	13.90	13.90
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#87E1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8be959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.200 136.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3f08d',
    500: '#8be959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8be959;
$custom-light: #b3f08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8be959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.167,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84627,
    "c": 0.20043,
    "h": 136.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BE959

secondary

#8635B1

accent

#0DD992

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#11170D

muted

#81857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BE959

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

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