#8CD156#8CD156

#8CD156 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.171 H 133.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD156
RGB	rgb(140, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(94, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(94, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 0%, 58.9%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -42.29, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 67.87, 128.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.1177 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.171 133.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2948, 51.8469, 16.9501)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD156 #9B56D1

analogous

#C9D156 #8CD156 #56D15E

triadic

#8CD156 #568CD1 #D1568C

tetradic

#8CD156 #56C9D1 #9B56D1 #D15E56

square

#8CD156 #56C9D1 #9B56D1 #D15E56

split-complementary

#8CD156 #5E56D1 #D156C9

monochromatic

#508825 #6DB832 #8CD156 #ADDE86 #CDEBB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#8CD156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#8CD156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD156

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD156	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.171 133.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1df8a',
    500: '#8cd156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd156;
$custom-light: #b1df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.659,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78897,
    "c": 0.17096,
    "h": 133.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD156

secondary

#6B3D8E

accent

#47E09D

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD156

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

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