#8CE159#8CE159

#8CE159 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.190 H 135.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CE159
RGB	rgb(140, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(98, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(98, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.8%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.92, -48.80, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.92, 75.12, 130.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.1353 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.19 135.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5427, 60.1452, 18.9749)
Luminance	0.6015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CE159 #AE59E1

analogous

#D0E159 #8CE159 #59E16A

triadic

#8CE159 #598CE1 #E1598C

tetradic

#8CE159 #59D0E1 #AE59E1 #E16A59

square

#8CE159 #59D0E1 #AE59E1 #E16A59

split-complementary

#8CE159 #6A59E1 #E159D0

monochromatic

#4FA21D #68D627 #8CE159 #B0EA8D #D4F4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#8CE159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#8CE159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CE159

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CE159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CE159	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AD9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ce159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.190 135.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3eb8d',
    500: '#8ce159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ce159;
$custom-light: #b3eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ce159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.5,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82759,
    "c": 0.18965,
    "h": 135.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CE159

secondary

#7D39A5

accent

#14D18A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FDF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11160C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CE159

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

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