#8EDE57#8EDE57

#8EDE57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.186 H 134.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EDE57
RGB	rgb(142, 222, 87)
HSL	hsl(96, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(96, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 60.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -47.07, 57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 73.99, 129.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.13% -0.1309 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(82.13% 0.186 134.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9961, 58.6797, 18.2866)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EDE57 #A757DE

analogous

#D1DE57 #8EDE57 #57DE64

triadic

#8EDE57 #578EDE #DE578E

tetradic

#8EDE57 #57D1DE #A757DE #DE6457

square

#8EDE57 #57D1DE #A757DE #DE6457

split-complementary

#8EDE57 #6457DE #DE57D1

monochromatic

#529C1F #6CCF29 #8EDE57 #B0E88A #D3F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#8EDE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#8EDE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EDE57

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EDE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EDE57	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DD6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ede57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 222, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.186 134.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4e98b',
    500: '#8ede57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ede57;
$custom-light: #b4e98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ede57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.556,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82125,
    "c": 0.18631,
    "h": 134.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EDE57

secondary

#763AA0

accent

#16CF84

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FDF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11160C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EDE57

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

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