#8CC559#8CC559

#8CC559 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.152 H 132.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC559
RGB	rgb(140, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(92, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(92, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 0%, 54.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -36.67, 47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 60.15, 127.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.07% -0.102 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(76.07% 0.152 132.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5842, 46.2282, 16.6554)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC559 #9259C5

analogous

#C2C559 #8CC559 #59C55C

triadic

#8CC559 #598CC5 #C5598C

tetradic

#8CC559 #59C2C5 #9259C5 #C55C59

square

#8CC559 #59C2C5 #9259C5 #C55C59

split-complementary

#8CC559 #5C59C5 #C559C2

monochromatic

#50792A #6DA73A #8CC559 #ABD586 #CBE5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#8CC559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#8CC559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC559

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC559	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EBEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.152 132.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d78b',
    500: '#8cc559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc559;
$custom-light: #b0d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.667,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76066,
    "c": 0.15196,
    "h": 132.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC559

secondary

#BEA7D3

accent

#50D898

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC559

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

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