#8CC249#8CC249

#8CC249 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.162 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC249
RGB	rgb(140, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(87, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(87, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 0%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -36.81, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 65.10, 124.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.1037 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.162 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3094, 44.6392, 13.2687)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC249 #7F49C2

analogous

#C2BC49 #8CC249 #50C249

triadic

#8CC249 #498CC2 #C2498C

tetradic

#8CC249 #49C2BC #7F49C2 #C24950

square

#8CC249 #49C2BC #7F49C2 #C24950

split-complementary

#8CC249 #4950C2 #BC49C2

monochromatic

#4C6C24 #6C9A34 #8CC249 #A9D177 #C6E1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#8CC249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#8CC249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC249

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC249	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#CBB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FBAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.162 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d481',
    500: '#8cc249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc249;
$custom-light: #b1d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.777,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75172,
    "c": 0.16155,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC249

secondary

#B199CE

accent

#4ED98C

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAEF

border

#D0D3CA

text

#11140B

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC249

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

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