#8CD256#8CD256

#8CD256 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.172 H 133.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD256
RGB	rgb(140, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(94, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(94, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 59%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -42.73, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 68.40, 128.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.1189 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.172 133.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5409, 52.3391, 17.0321)
Luminance	0.5234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD256 #9C56D2

analogous

#CAD256 #8CD256 #56D25E

triadic

#8CD256 #568CD2 #D2568C

tetradic

#8CD256 #56CAD2 #9C56D2 #D25E56

square

#8CD256 #56CAD2 #9C56D2 #D25E56

split-complementary

#8CD256 #5E56D2 #D256CA

monochromatic

#508925 #6DB931 #8CD256 #ADDF86 #CEECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#8CD256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#8CD256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD256

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD256	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CCAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.172 133.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e08a',
    500: '#8cd256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd256;
$custom-light: #b1e08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.871,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79136,
    "c": 0.1723,
    "h": 133.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD256

secondary

#6B3D90

accent

#47E19E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD256

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

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