#8CE231#8CE231

#8CE231 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.216 H 132.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CE231
RGB	rgb(140, 226, 49)
HSL	hsl(89, 75%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(89, 78%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 0%, 78.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.94, -52.00, 71.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.94, 88.56, 125.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.1468 0.1583)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.216 132.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5654, 60.1881, 12.4906)
Luminance	0.6019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CE231 #8731E2

analogous

#E2E031 #8CE231 #34E231

triadic

#8CE231 #318CE2 #E2318C

tetradic

#8CE231 #31E2E0 #8731E2 #E23134

square

#8CE231 #31E2E0 #8731E2 #E23134

split-complementary

#8CE231 #3134E2 #E031E2

monochromatic

#4E8613 #6DBB1A #8CE231 #AAEA67 #C8F19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#8CE231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#8CE231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CE231

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CE231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CE231	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DD9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ce231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 226, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.216 132.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4eb78',
    500: '#8ce231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ce231;
$custom-light: #b4eb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ce231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.153,
    "s": 75.319,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82691,
    "c": 0.21591,
    "h": 132.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CE231

secondary

#5A2B8C

accent

#36F291

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FDF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#12160A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CE231

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

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