#8EDD57#8EDD57

#8EDD57 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.185 H 134.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EDD57
RGB	rgb(142, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(95, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(95, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 0%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -46.65, 56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 73.47, 129.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.1297 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.185 134.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7313, 58.1501, 18.1983)
Luminance	0.5815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EDD57 #A657DD

analogous

#D1DD57 #8EDD57 #57DD63

triadic

#8EDD57 #578EDD #DD578E

tetradic

#8EDD57 #57D1DD #A657DD #DD6357

square

#8EDD57 #57D1DD #A657DD #DD6357

split-complementary

#8EDD57 #6357DD #DD57D1

monochromatic

#529A1F #6DCD2A #8EDD57 #B0E78A #D2F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#8EDD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#8EDD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EDD57

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EDD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EDD57	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DD5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8edd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.185 134.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4e88b',
    500: '#8edd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8edd57;
$custom-light: #b4e88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8edd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.373,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81886,
    "c": 0.18501,
    "h": 134.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EDD57

secondary

#753A9E

accent

#17CE83

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11160C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EDD57

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

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