#8CD456#8CD456

#8CD456 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.175 H 133.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD456
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 86)
HSL	hsl(94, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(94, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 0%, 59.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, -43.59, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 69.46, 128.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.1213 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.175 133.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0377, 53.3328, 17.1978)
Luminance	0.5333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD456 #9E56D4

analogous

#CBD456 #8CD456 #56D45F

triadic

#8CD456 #568CD4 #D4568C

tetradic

#8CD456 #56CBD4 #9E56D4 #D45F56

square

#8CD456 #56CBD4 #9E56D4 #D45F56

split-complementary

#8CD456 #5F56D4 #D456CB

monochromatic

#508C24 #6CBD30 #8CD456 #ADE087 #CEEDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#8CD456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#8CD456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD456

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD456	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CCCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.175 133.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e18a',
    500: '#8cd456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd456;
$custom-light: #b2e18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.286,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79614,
    "c": 0.17496,
    "h": 133.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD456

secondary

#6D3C92

accent

#45E39F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD456

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

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