#8AD307
A medium, vivid green closely aligning with Yellowgreen.
About #8AD307
At its core, #8AD307 is a medium and vivid hue. Its closest recognized web color is Yellowgreen. Its digital footprint relies on 138 parts red, 211 parts green, and 7 parts blue light.
While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 35% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 81.5° hue, 93.6% saturation, and 42.7% lightness.
When using this color as a background, text legibility must be considered. To prevent eye strain, #000000 text pairs best with this hex code. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.
Color Space Conversions
HEX#8AD307
RGB138, 211, 7
HSL81.5°, 93.6%, 42.7%
CMYK35%, 0%, 97%, 17%
HSV81.5°, 96.7%, 82.7%
LAB77.3, -47.8, 75.5
XYZ33.8, 52.0, 8.5
Decimal9097991
Color Harmonies
Tints, Shades & Tones
Tints (Adding White)
Shades (Adding Black)
WCAG Contrast Accessibility
1.84:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
11.40:1
Text on #000000
AAA
1.76:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
9.69:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA
CSS Implementation
.bg-color {
background-color: #8AD307;
}
.text-color {
color: #8AD307;
}
.border-color {
border: 2px solid #8AD307;
}