#8EC159#8EC159

#8EC159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.145 H 130.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC159
RGB	rgb(142, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(89, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(89, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -34.11, 46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 57.64, 126.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0951 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.145 130.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0281, 44.6112, 16.3726)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC159 #8C59C1

analogous

#C1C059 #8EC159 #5AC159

triadic

#8EC159 #598EC1 #C1598E

tetradic

#8EC159 #59C1C0 #8C59C1 #C1595A

square

#8EC159 #59C1C0 #8C59C1 #C1595A

split-complementary

#8EC159 #595AC1 #C059C1

monochromatic

#50742B #6FA13C #8EC159 #ACD286 #CBE2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#8EC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#8EC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC159

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC159	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.145 130.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d48b',
    500: '#8ec159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec159;
$custom-light: #b2d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.423,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75238,
    "c": 0.14535,
    "h": 130.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC159

secondary

#BAA5D1

accent

#53D593

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC159

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

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