#8EDD59#8EDD59

#8EDD59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.183 H 134.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EDD59
RGB	rgb(142, 221, 89)
HSL	hsl(96, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(96, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 0%, 59.7%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.84, -46.46, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.84, 72.71, 129.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.1291 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.183 134.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8141, 58.1832, 18.6346)
Luminance	0.5818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EDD59 #A859DD

analogous

#D0DD59 #8EDD59 #59DD66

triadic

#8EDD59 #598EDD #DD598E

tetradic

#8EDD59 #59D0DD #A859DD #DD6659

square

#8EDD59 #59D0DD #A859DD #DD6659

split-complementary

#8EDD59 #6659DD #DD59D0

monochromatic

#529C20 #6CCF2A #8EDD59 #B1E78C #D3F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#8EDD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#8EDD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EDD59

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EDD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EDD59	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DD5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8edd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 221, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.183 134.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e88c',
    500: '#8edd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8edd59;
$custom-light: #b3e88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8edd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.909,
    "s": 66,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81907,
    "c": 0.18342,
    "h": 134.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EDD59

secondary

#773BA0

accent

#18CE85

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11160C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EDD59

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

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