#8CC259#8CC259

#8CC259 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.148 H 131.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC259
RGB	rgb(140, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(91, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(91, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 0%, 54.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -35.30, 46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 58.50, 127.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0982 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.148 131.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9097, 44.8794, 16.4306)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC259 #8F59C2

analogous

#C1C259 #8CC259 #59C25A

triadic

#8CC259 #598CC2 #C2598C

tetradic

#8CC259 #59C1C2 #8F59C2 #C25A59

square

#8CC259 #59C1C2 #8F59C2 #C25A59

split-complementary

#8CC259 #5A59C2 #C259C1

monochromatic

#4F752B #6DA23C #8CC259 #ABD286 #CAE3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8CC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#8CC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC259

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC259	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EBBAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.148 131.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d48b',
    500: '#8cc259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc259;
$custom-light: #b0d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.857,
    "s": 46.256,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75352,
    "c": 0.14776,
    "h": 131.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC259

secondary

#BCA6D1

accent

#52D696

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC259

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

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