#8EDD3E#8EDD3E

#8EDD3E is a light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.202 H 132.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EDD3E
RGB	rgb(142, 221, 62)
HSL	hsl(90, 70%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(90, 72%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 0%, 71.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -48.56, 66.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 82.22, 126.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.1368 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.202 132.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8808, 57.8099, 13.7190)
Luminance	0.5781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EDD3E #8D3EDD

analogous

#DDDC3E #8EDD3E #3FDD3E

triadic

#8EDD3E #3E8EDD #DD3E8E

tetradic

#8EDD3E #3EDDDC #8D3EDD #DD3E3F

square

#8EDD3E #3EDDDC #8D3EDD #DD3E3F

split-complementary

#8EDD3E #3E3FDD #DC3EDD

monochromatic

#518918 #6FBD21 #8EDD3E #ACE672 #CBEFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#8EDD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#8EDD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EDD3E

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EDD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EDD3E	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)

#E6CC21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FD4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8edd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 221, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.202 132.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5e87d',
    500: '#8edd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8edd3e;
$custom-light: #b5e87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8edd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.811,
    "s": 70.044,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81671,
    "c": 0.20225,
    "h": 132.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EDD3E

secondary

#5F318E

accent

#3BED93

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#12160A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EDD3E

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

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