#8CE959#8CE959

#8CE959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.200 H 136.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CE959
RGB	rgb(140, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(99, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(99, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.9%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.26, -52.07, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.26, 79.23, 131.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.68% -0.1443 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(84.68% 0.2 136.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7562, 64.5723, 19.7128)
Luminance	0.6458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CE959 #B659E9

analogous

#D4E959 #8CE959 #59E96E

triadic

#8CE959 #598CE9 #E9598C

tetradic

#8CE959 #59D4E9 #B659E9 #E96E59

square

#8CE959 #59D4E9 #B659E9 #E96E59

split-complementary

#8CE959 #6E59E9 #E959D4

monochromatic

#4EB017 #67E223 #8CE959 #B1F08F #D7F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#8CE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#8CE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CE959

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CE959	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89E1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ce959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.200 136.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3f08d',
    500: '#8ce959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ce959;
$custom-light: #b3f08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ce959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.75,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84676,
    "c": 0.19994,
    "h": 136.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CE959

secondary

#8535B1

accent

#0DD991

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#12170D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CE959

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

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