#8CC159#8CC159

#8CC159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.146 H 131.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC159
RGB	rgb(140, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(91, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(91, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 0%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -34.85, 46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 57.95, 126.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.097 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.146 131.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6879, 44.4358, 16.3567)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC159 #8E59C1

analogous

#C0C159 #8CC159 #59C15A

triadic

#8CC159 #598CC1 #C1598C

tetradic

#8CC159 #59C0C1 #8E59C1 #C15A59

square

#8CC159 #59C0C1 #8E59C1 #C15A59

split-complementary

#8CC159 #5A59C1 #C159C0

monochromatic

#4F742B #6DA13C #8CC159 #ABD286 #CAE2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#8CC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#8CC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC159

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC159	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EBAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.146 131.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d48b',
    500: '#8cc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc159;
$custom-light: #b0d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.577,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75114,
    "c": 0.14636,
    "h": 131.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC159

secondary

#BBA5D1

accent

#53D595

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC159

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

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