#8BCD59#8BCD59

#8BCD59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.164 H 133.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCD59
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(94, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(94, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -40.60, 50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 64.67, 128.88°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.1128 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.164 133.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2813, 49.8716, 17.2692)
Luminance	0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCD59 #9B59CD

analogous

#C5CD59 #8BCD59 #59CD61

triadic

#8BCD59 #598BCD #CD598B

tetradic

#8BCD59 #59C5CD #9B59CD #CD6159

square

#8BCD59 #59C5CD #9B59CD #CD6159

split-complementary

#8BCD59 #6159CD #CD59C5

monochromatic

#4F8428 #6CB336 #8BCD59 #ACDB88 #CDE9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#8BCD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#8BCD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCD59

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCD59	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BC6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.164 133.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dc8b',
    500: '#8bcd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcd59;
$custom-light: #b0dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.138,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77917,
    "c": 0.16352,
    "h": 133.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCD59

secondary

#C4AAD8

accent

#4BDD9E

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FBF0

border

#D0D4CB

text

#11150C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCD59

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

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