#8AC256#8AC256

#8AC256 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.152 H 131.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AC256
RGB	rgb(138, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(91, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(91, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 0%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -36.34, 47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 60.09, 127.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.1012 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.152 131.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4523, 44.6578, 15.7650)
Luminance	0.4466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AC256 #8E56C2

analogous

#C0C256 #8AC256 #56C258

triadic

#8AC256 #568AC2 #C2568A

tetradic

#8AC256 #56C0C2 #8E56C2 #C25856

square

#8AC256 #56C0C2 #8E56C2 #C25856

split-complementary

#8AC256 #5856C2 #C256C0

monochromatic

#4D742A #6BA13A #8AC256 #A9D283 #C8E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8AC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#8AC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AC256

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AC256	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CBBAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ac256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.152 131.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd489',
    500: '#8ac256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ac256;
$custom-light: #afd489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ac256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.111,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75192,
    "c": 0.15152,
    "h": 131.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AC256

secondary

#BBA3D1

accent

#51D796

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AC256

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

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