#8CEE59#8CEE59

#8CEE59 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.206 H 136.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CEE59
RGB	rgb(140, 238, 89)
HSL	hsl(99, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(99, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.2%, 0%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.73, -54.07, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.73, 81.77, 131.40°)
OKLab	oklab(85.87% -0.1497 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(85.87% 0.206 136.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1917, 67.4434, 20.1913)
Luminance	0.6745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CEE59 #BB59EE

analogous

#D7EE59 #8CEE59 #59EE71

triadic

#8CEE59 #598CEE #EE598C

tetradic

#8CEE59 #59D7EE #BB59EE #EE7159

square

#8CEE59 #59D7EE #BB59EE #EE7159

split-complementary

#8CEE59 #7159EE #EE59D7

monochromatic

#4CBA13 #66E821 #8CEE59 #B2F491 #D9F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#8CEE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#8CEE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CEE59

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CEE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CEE59	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88E6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cee59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 238, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.206 136.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4f48e',
    500: '#8cee59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cee59;
$custom-light: #b4f48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cee59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.463,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85873,
    "c": 0.20626,
    "h": 136.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.67446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CEE59

secondary

#8B33B9

accent

#08DE95

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#12170D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CEE59

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

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