#8CD251#8CD251
#8CD251 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.176 H 133.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8CD251 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(140, 210, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(93, 59%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(93, 61%, 82%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 61.4%, 17.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.44, -43.18, 55.54) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.44, 70.35, 127.87°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.08% -0.1206 0.1287) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.08% 0.176 133.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.3464, 52.2613, 16.0081) |
| Luminance | 0.5226 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Apple
#6ECB3C
ΔE00 3.73
Apple Green
#76CD26
ΔE00 3.85
Fresh Green
#69D84F
ΔE00 4.50
Yellowgreen
#9ACD32
ΔE00 4.85
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 5.15
Toxic Green
#61DE2A
ΔE00 5.81
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8CD251 #9751D2
analogous
#CDD251 #8CD251 #51D257
triadic
#8CD251 #518CD2 #D2518C
tetradic
#8CD251 #51CDD2 #9751D2 #D25751
square
#8CD251 #51CDD2 #9751D2 #D25751
split-complementary
#8CD251 #5751D2 #D251CD
monochromatic
#508623 #6DB72F #8CD251 #ACDF82 #CCEBB2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.83
#8CD251 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.45
#8CD251 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8CD251
11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8CD251 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8CD251 | 1.00 | 1.83 | 11.45 | 11.45 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.83 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC342
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BD5B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8DCAB7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8cd251; /* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 210, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.176 133.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b2e087',
500: '#8cd251',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8cd251; $custom-light: #b2e087; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8cd251",
"rgb": {
"r": 140,
"g": 210,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 92.558,
"s": 58.904,
"l": 57.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79083,
"c": 0.17634,
"h": 133.1
},
"luminance": 0.52263
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8CD251
secondary
#673B8D
accent
#46E29B
background
#FDFEFC
surface
#F8FCF3
border
#D1D5CD
text
#11150C
muted
#81847F