#8EDD3B#8EDD3B

#8EDD3B is a light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.204 H 132.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EDD3B
RGB	rgb(142, 221, 59)
HSL	hsl(89, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(89, 73%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 0%, 73.3%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -48.75, 67.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 83.14, 125.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.1375 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.204 132.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8007, 57.7779, 13.2974)
Luminance	0.5778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EDD3B #8A3BDD

analogous

#DDDB3B #8EDD3B #3DDD3B

triadic

#8EDD3B #3B8EDD #DD3B8E

tetradic

#8EDD3B #3BDDDB #8A3BDD #DD3B3D

square

#8EDD3B #3BDDDB #8A3BDD #DD3B3D

split-complementary

#8EDD3B #3B3DDD #DB3BDD

monochromatic

#508617 #6FBA20 #8EDD3B #ACE66F #CAEFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#8EDD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#8EDD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EDD3B

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EDD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EDD3B	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FD4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8edd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 221, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.204 132.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5e87c',
    500: '#8edd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8edd3b;
$custom-light: #b5e87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8edd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.259,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81651,
    "c": 0.20396,
    "h": 132.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EDD3B

secondary

#5D308C

accent

#3BED92

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#12160A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EDD3B

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

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