#8CD159#8CD159

#8CD159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.168 H 133.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD159
RGB	rgb(140, 209, 89)
HSL	hsl(95, 57%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(95, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 0%, 57.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -42.00, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 66.67, 129.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.1167 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.168 133.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4182, 51.8963, 17.6001)
Luminance	0.5190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD159 #9E59D1

analogous

#C8D159 #8CD159 #59D162

triadic

#8CD159 #598CD1 #D1598C

tetradic

#8CD159 #59C8D1 #9E59D1 #D16259

square

#8CD159 #59C8D1 #9E59D1 #D16259

split-complementary

#8CD159 #6259D1 #D159C8

monochromatic

#508926 #6CB933 #8CD159 #ADDE89 #CEECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#8CD159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#8CD159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD159

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD159	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CCAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 209, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.168 133.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1df8c',
    500: '#8cd159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd159;
$custom-light: #b1df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7893,
    "c": 0.16844,
    "h": 133.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD159

secondary

#6D3E90

accent

#48E09F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD159

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

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