#8CC456#8CC456

#8CC456 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.153 H 131.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC456
RGB	rgb(140, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(91, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(91, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 0%, 56.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -36.52, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 60.87, 126.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.1018 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.153 131.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2344, 45.7262, 15.9300)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC456 #8E56C4

analogous

#C3C456 #8CC456 #56C457

triadic

#8CC456 #568CC4 #C4568C

tetradic

#8CC456 #56C3C4 #8E56C4 #C45756

square

#8CC456 #56C3C4 #8E56C4 #C45756

split-complementary

#8CC456 #5756C4 #C456C3

monochromatic

#4F7629 #6DA439 #8CC456 #ABD483 #CAE4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#8CC456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#8CC456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC456

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC456	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EBDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.153 131.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d689',
    500: '#8cc456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc456;
$custom-light: #b0d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.545,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75791,
    "c": 0.15327,
    "h": 131.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC456

secondary

#BBA4D2

accent

#50D895

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC456

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

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