#8CC53B#8CC53B

#8CC53B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.176 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC53B
RGB	rgb(140, 197, 59)
HSL	hsl(85, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(85, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 0%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -39.20, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 71.80, 123.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.1114 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.176 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5708, 45.8229, 11.3182)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC53B #743BC5

analogous

#C5B93B #8CC53B #47C53B

triadic

#8CC53B #3B8CC5 #C53B8C

tetradic

#8CC53B #3BC5B9 #743BC5 #C53B47

square

#8CC53B #3BC5B9 #743BC5 #C53B47

split-complementary

#8CC53B #3B47C5 #B93BC5

monochromatic

#49671F #6B962C #8CC53B #A8D36A #C3E199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#8CC53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#8CC53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC53B

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC53B	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90BCAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 197, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.176 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d779',
    500: '#8cc53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc53b;
$custom-light: #b2d779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.783,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75768,
    "c": 0.17553,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC53B

secondary

#A98FCD

accent

#4ADE87

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FAEE

border

#D0D3C9

text

#11140A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC53B

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

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