#8CD357#8CD357

#8CD357 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.173 H 133.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD357
RGB	rgb(140, 211, 87)
HSL	hsl(94, 58%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(94, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 0%, 58.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, -43.06, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 68.54, 128.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.1198 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.173 133.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8291, 52.8507, 17.3284)
Luminance	0.5285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD357 #9E57D3

analogous

#CAD357 #8CD357 #57D360

triadic

#8CD357 #578CD3 #D3578C

tetradic

#8CD357 #57CAD3 #9E57D3 #D36057

square

#8CD357 #57CAD3 #9E57D3 #D36057

split-complementary

#8CD357 #6057D3 #D357CA

monochromatic

#508B24 #6CBC31 #8CD357 #ADE087 #CEECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#8CD357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#8CD357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD357

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD357	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	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)

#DBC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CCBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 211, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.173 133.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e18a',
    500: '#8cd357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd357;
$custom-light: #b1e18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.355,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79386,
    "c": 0.17281,
    "h": 133.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD357

secondary

#6D3D91

accent

#46E29F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD357

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

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