#8CD257#8CD257

#8CD257 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.171 H 133.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD257
RGB	rgb(140, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(94, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(94, 59%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 58.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -42.63, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 68.00, 128.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.1186 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.171 133.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5815, 52.3553, 17.2458)
Luminance	0.5236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD257 #9D57D2

analogous

#C9D257 #8CD257 #57D25F

triadic

#8CD257 #578CD2 #D2578C

tetradic

#8CD257 #57C9D2 #9D57D2 #D25F57

square

#8CD257 #57C9D2 #9D57D2 #D25F57

split-complementary

#8CD257 #5F57D2 #D257C9

monochromatic

#508A25 #6CBA32 #8CD257 #ADDF87 #CEECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#8CD257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#8CD257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD257

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD257	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)

#DAC34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CCAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.171 133.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e08a',
    500: '#8cd257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd257;
$custom-light: #b1e08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.146,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79147,
    "c": 0.17146,
    "h": 133.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD257

secondary

#6C3D90

accent

#47E19F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD257

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

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