#8ED559#8ED559

#8ED559 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.173 H 133.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ED559
RGB	rgb(142, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(94, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(94, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -43.05, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 68.48, 128.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.1197 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.173 133.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7521, 54.0591, 17.9473)
Luminance	0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8ED559 #A059D5

analogous

#CCD559 #8ED559 #59D562

triadic

#8ED559 #598ED5 #D5598E

tetradic

#8ED559 #59CCD5 #A059D5 #D56259

square

#8ED559 #59CCD5 #A059D5 #D56259

split-complementary

#8ED559 #6259D5 #D559CC

monochromatic

#528F24 #6EC031 #8ED559 #AFE18A #D0EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8ED559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#8ED559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ED559

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ED559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ED559	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ECDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ed559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.173 133.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e28c',
    500: '#8ed559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ed559;
$custom-light: #b3e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ed559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.355,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79997,
    "c": 0.1728,
    "h": 133.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ED559

secondary

#6F3D95

accent

#45E39F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ED559

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

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