#8CC251#8CC251

#8CC251 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.155 H 130.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC251
RGB	rgb(140, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(89, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(89, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 0%, 58.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -36.10, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 61.87, 125.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.1011 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.155 130.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5919, 44.7522, 14.7566)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC251 #8751C2

analogous

#C2C051 #8CC251 #54C251

triadic

#8CC251 #518CC2 #C2518C

tetradic

#8CC251 #51C2C0 #8751C2 #C25154

square

#8CC251 #51C2C0 #8751C2 #C25154

split-complementary

#8CC251 #5154C2 #C051C2

monochromatic

#4E7128 #6D9E37 #8CC251 #AAD27E #C8E2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8CC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#8CC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC251

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC251	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FBAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.155 130.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d486',
    500: '#8cc251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc251;
$custom-light: #b1d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.673,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75256,
    "c": 0.15492,
    "h": 130.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC251

secondary

#B69FD0

accent

#50D891

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140B

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC251

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

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