#8CC359#8CC359

#8CC359 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.149 H 131.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC359
RGB	rgb(140, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(91, 47%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(91, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 0%, 54.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.11, -35.76, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.11, 59.05, 127.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0995 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.149 131.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1330, 45.3260, 16.5050)
Luminance	0.4533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC359 #9059C3

analogous

#C1C359 #8CC359 #59C35B

triadic

#8CC359 #598CC3 #C3598C

tetradic

#8CC359 #59C1C3 #9059C3 #C35B59

square

#8CC359 #59C1C3 #9059C3 #C35B59

split-complementary

#8CC359 #5B59C3 #C359C1

monochromatic

#4F772B #6DA43B #8CC359 #ABD386 #CAE3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#8CC359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.07

#8CC359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC359

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC359	1.00	2.09	10.07	10.07
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EBCAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.149 131.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d58b',
    500: '#8cc359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc359;
$custom-light: #b0d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.132,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7559,
    "c": 0.14916,
    "h": 131.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC359

secondary

#BDA6D2

accent

#51D796

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC359

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

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