#8ED157#8ED157

#8ED157 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.169 H 133.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ED157
RGB	rgb(142, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(93, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(93, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 0%, 58.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -41.50, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 67.15, 128.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.1156 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.169 133.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6755, 52.0385, 17.1797)
Luminance	0.5204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ED157 #9A57D1

analogous

#CBD157 #8ED157 #57D15D

triadic

#8ED157 #578ED1 #D1578E

tetradic

#8ED157 #57CBD1 #9A57D1 #D15D57

square

#8ED157 #57CBD1 #9A57D1 #D15D57

split-complementary

#8ED157 #5D57D1 #D157CB

monochromatic

#528825 #6FB832 #8ED157 #AEDE87 #CFEBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#8ED157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#8ED157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ED157

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ED157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ED157	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ed157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.169 133.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3df8a',
    500: '#8ed157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ed157;
$custom-light: #b3df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ed157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.951,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79021,
    "c": 0.1691,
    "h": 133.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ED157

secondary

#6A3D8F

accent

#48E09B

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ED157

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

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