#8CC856#8CC856

#8CC856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.159 H 132.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC856
RGB	rgb(140, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(92, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(92, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.54, -38.32, 50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.54, 63.04, 127.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% -0.1068 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.159 132.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1487, 47.5548, 16.2348)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC856 #9256C8

analogous

#C5C856 #8CC856 #56C859

triadic

#8CC856 #568CC8 #C8568C

tetradic

#8CC856 #56C5C8 #9256C8 #C85956

square

#8CC856 #56C5C8 #9256C8 #C85956

split-complementary

#8CC856 #5956C8 #C856C5

monochromatic

#507B28 #6DAA37 #8CC856 #ABD784 #CBE6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#8CC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#8CC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC856

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC856	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DC1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.159 132.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d989',
    500: '#8cc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc856;
$custom-light: #b1d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.579,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76746,
    "c": 0.15878,
    "h": 132.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC856

secondary

#BEA5D4

accent

#4DDA98

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC856

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

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