#8CD356#8CD356

#8CD356 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.174 H 133.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD356
RGB	rgb(140, 211, 86)
HSL	hsl(94, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(94, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 0%, 59.2%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -43.16, 53.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 68.93, 128.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.1201 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.174 133.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7885, 52.8344, 17.1147)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD356 #9D56D3

analogous

#CAD356 #8CD356 #56D35E

triadic

#8CD356 #568CD3 #D3568C

tetradic

#8CD356 #56CAD3 #9D56D3 #D35E56

square

#8CD356 #56CAD3 #9D56D3 #D35E56

split-complementary

#8CD356 #5E56D3 #D356CA

monochromatic

#508B24 #6CBB31 #8CD356 #ADE087 #CEECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#8CD356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#8CD356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD356

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD356	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CCBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 211, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.174 133.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e18a',
    500: '#8cd356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd356;
$custom-light: #b2e18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.08,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79375,
    "c": 0.17363,
    "h": 133.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD356

secondary

#6C3C91

accent

#46E29F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD356

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

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