#8EC459#8EC459

#8EC459 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.150 H 131.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC459
RGB	rgb(142, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(90, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(90, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 0%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -35.49, 47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 59.29, 126.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0989 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.15 131.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.6980, 45.9510, 16.5959)
Luminance	0.4595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC459 #8F59C4

analogous

#C4C459 #8EC459 #59C459

triadic

#8EC459 #598EC4 #C4598E

tetradic

#8EC459 #59C4C4 #8F59C4 #C45959

square

#8EC459 #59C4C4 #8F59C4 #C45959

split-complementary

#8EC459 #5959C4 #C459C4

monochromatic

#51782B #6FA53B #8EC459 #ADD486 #CBE4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#8EC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#8EC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC459

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC459	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90BDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.150 131.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d68b',
    500: '#8ec459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec459;
$custom-light: #b2d68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.28,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7595,
    "c": 0.14954,
    "h": 131.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC459

secondary

#BDA6D3

accent

#51D795

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC459

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

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