#8CCD51#8CCD51

#8CCD51 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.170 H 132.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCD51
RGB	rgb(140, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(91, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(91, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 0%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -41.01, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 67.73, 127.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.1146 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.17 132.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.1312, 49.8310, 15.6030)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCD51 #9251CD

analogous

#CACD51 #8CCD51 #51CD54

triadic

#8CCD51 #518CCD #CD518C

tetradic

#8CCD51 #51CACD #9251CD #CD5451

square

#8CCD51 #51CACD #9251CD #CD5451

split-complementary

#8CCD51 #5451CD #CD51CA

monochromatic

#507F25 #6DAF32 #8CCD51 #ABDB81 #CBE8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#8CCD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#8CCD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCD51

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCD51	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DC5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ccd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.170 132.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dc86',
    500: '#8ccd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ccd51;
$custom-light: #b1dc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ccd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.452,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77886,
    "c": 0.16973,
    "h": 132.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCD51

secondary

#BEA3D7

accent

#49DF98

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FBF0

border

#D0D4CB

text

#11150B

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCD51

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

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