#8EDE59#8EDE59

#8EDE59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.185 H 134.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EDE59
RGB	rgb(142, 222, 89)
HSL	hsl(96, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(96, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 0%, 59.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.13, -46.88, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.13, 73.23, 129.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.1302 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.185 134.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0789, 58.7128, 18.7229)
Luminance	0.5871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EDE59 #A959DE

analogous

#D0DE59 #8EDE59 #59DE66

triadic

#8EDE59 #598EDE #DE598E

tetradic

#8EDE59 #59D0DE #A959DE #DE6659

square

#8EDE59 #59D0DE #A959DE #DE6659

split-complementary

#8EDE59 #6659DE #DE59D0

monochromatic

#529D1F #6CD029 #8EDE59 #B1E88C #D4F2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#8EDE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#8EDE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EDE59

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EDE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EDE59	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)

#E6CE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DD6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ede59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 222, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.185 134.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4e98c',
    500: '#8ede59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ede59;
$custom-light: #b4e98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ede59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.09,
    "s": 66.834,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82146,
    "c": 0.18473,
    "h": 134.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EDE59

secondary

#783AA1

accent

#17CF85

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FDF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11160C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EDE59

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

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