#8CC257#8CC257

#8CC257 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.150 H 131.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC257
RGB	rgb(140, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(90, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(90, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 0%, 55.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -35.51, 47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 59.35, 126.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.099 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.15 131.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8269, 44.8462, 15.9943)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC257 #8D57C2

analogous

#C2C257 #8CC257 #57C257

triadic

#8CC257 #578CC2 #C2578C

tetradic

#8CC257 #57C2C2 #8D57C2 #C25757

square

#8CC257 #57C2C2 #8D57C2 #C25757

split-complementary

#8CC257 #5757C2 #C257C2

monochromatic

#4F742A #6DA13B #8CC257 #ABD284 #C9E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8CC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#8CC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC257

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC257	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EBBAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.150 131.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d489',
    500: '#8cc257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc257;
$custom-light: #b0d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.28,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75327,
    "c": 0.1496,
    "h": 131.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC257

secondary

#BBA4D1

accent

#51D695

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC257

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

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