#8CD459#8CD459

#8CD459 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.172 H 134.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD459
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(95, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(95, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 0%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -43.30, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 68.27, 129.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.1203 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.172 134.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1612, 53.3822, 17.8478)
Luminance	0.5338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD459 #A159D4

analogous

#CAD459 #8CD459 #59D464

triadic

#8CD459 #598CD4 #D4598C

tetradic

#8CD459 #59CAD4 #A159D4 #D46459

square

#8CD459 #59CAD4 #A159D4 #D46459

split-complementary

#8CD459 #6459D4 #D459CA

monochromatic

#508E25 #6CBE31 #8CD459 #AEE18A #CFEDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#8CD459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#8CD459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD459

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD459	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CCCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.172 134.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e18c',
    500: '#8cd459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd459;
$custom-light: #b1e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.122,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79647,
    "c": 0.17248,
    "h": 134.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD459

secondary

#703E94

accent

#46E2A1

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD459

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

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