#8BDD57#8BDD57

#8BDD57 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.187 H 135.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BDD57
RGB	rgb(139, 221, 87)
HSL	hsl(97, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(97, 61%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 0%, 60.6%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -47.65, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 73.96, 130.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.1323 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.187 135.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.2233, 57.8882, 18.1745)
Luminance	0.5789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BDD57 #A957DD

analogous

#CEDD57 #8BDD57 #57DD66

triadic

#8BDD57 #578BDD #DD578B

tetradic

#8BDD57 #57CEDD #A957DD #DD6657

square

#8BDD57 #57CEDD #A957DD #DD6657

split-complementary

#8BDD57 #6657DD #DD57CE

monochromatic

#4F9A1F #69CD2A #8BDD57 #AEE78A #D1F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#8BDD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#8BDD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BDD57

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BDD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BDD57	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89D5C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bdd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 221, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.187 135.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e88b',
    500: '#8bdd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bdd57;
$custom-light: #b2e88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bdd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.716,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81728,
    "c": 0.18653,
    "h": 135.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BDD57

secondary

#773A9E

accent

#17CE87

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11160C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BDD57

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

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