#8CCC59#8CCC59

#8CCC59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.162 H 133.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCC59
RGB	rgb(140, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(93, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(93, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 0%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -39.81, 50.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 63.97, 128.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.1107 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.162 133.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2107, 49.4812, 17.1976)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCC59 #9959CC

analogous

#C6CC59 #8CCC59 #59CC5F

triadic

#8CCC59 #598CCC #CC598C

tetradic

#8CCC59 #59C6CC #9959CC #CC5F59

square

#8CCC59 #59C6CC #9959CC #CC5F59

split-complementary

#8CCC59 #5F59CC #CC59C6

monochromatic

#508328 #6DB136 #8CCC59 #ACDA88 #CDE9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#8CCC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#8CCC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCC59

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCC59	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB961

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DC5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ccc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.162 133.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dc8b',
    500: '#8ccc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ccc59;
$custom-light: #b1dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ccc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.391,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77736,
    "c": 0.16163,
    "h": 133.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCC59

secondary

#C3A9D8

accent

#4BDC9C

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FBF0

border

#D0D4CB

text

#11150C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCC59

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

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