#8CC451#8CC451

#8CC451 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.158 H 131.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC451
RGB	rgb(140, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(89, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(89, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 0%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, -37.01, 50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 62.94, 126.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.1036 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.158 131.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0400, 45.6485, 14.9059)
Luminance	0.4565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC451 #8951C4

analogous

#C4C251 #8CC451 #53C451

triadic

#8CC451 #518CC4 #C4518C

tetradic

#8CC451 #51C4C2 #8951C4 #C45153

square

#8CC451 #51C4C2 #8951C4 #C45153

split-complementary

#8CC451 #5153C4 #C251C4

monochromatic

#4E7327 #6DA137 #8CC451 #AAD37F #C8E3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#8CC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#8CC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC451

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC451	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EBCAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.158 131.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d686',
    500: '#8cc451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc451;
$custom-light: #b1d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.217,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75734,
    "c": 0.15764,
    "h": 131.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC451

secondary

#B8A0D1

accent

#4FD992

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140B

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC451

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

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