#8ED459#8ED459

#8ED459 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.171 H 133.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ED459
RGB	rgb(142, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(94, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(94, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 0%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -42.61, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 67.95, 128.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.1185 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.171 133.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5013, 53.5576, 17.8637)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8ED459 #9F59D4

analogous

#CCD459 #8ED459 #59D462

triadic

#8ED459 #598ED4 #D4598E

tetradic

#8ED459 #59CCD4 #9F59D4 #D46259

square

#8ED459 #59CCD4 #9F59D4 #D46259

split-complementary

#8ED459 #6259D4 #D459CC

monochromatic

#528E25 #6EBE31 #8ED459 #AFE18A #D0EDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#8ED459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#8ED459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ED459

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ED459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ED459	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ECCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ed459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.171 133.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e18c',
    500: '#8ed459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ed459;
$custom-light: #b3e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ed459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.146,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79759,
    "c": 0.17145,
    "h": 133.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ED459

secondary

#6F3E94

accent

#46E29F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ED459

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

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