#8EE959#8EE959

#8EE959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.199 H 135.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EE959
RGB	rgb(142, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(98, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(98, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.35, -51.43, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.35, 78.91, 130.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% -0.1426 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.199 135.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0964, 64.7477, 19.7287)
Luminance	0.6475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EE959 #B459E9

analogous

#D6E959 #8EE959 #59E96C

triadic

#8EE959 #598EE9 #E9598E

tetradic

#8EE959 #59D6E9 #B459E9 #E96C59

square

#8EE959 #59D6E9 #B459E9 #E96C59

split-complementary

#8EE959 #6C59E9 #E959D6

monochromatic

#50B017 #69E223 #8EE959 #B3F08F #D8F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#8EE959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#8EE959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EE959

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EE959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EE959	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BE1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ee959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.199 135.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5f08d',
    500: '#8ee959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ee959;
$custom-light: #b5f08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ee959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.917,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84774,
    "c": 0.19894,
    "h": 135.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EE959

secondary

#8335B1

accent

#0DD98E

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#12170D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EE959

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

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