#8CD556#8CD556

#8CD556 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.176 H 134.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD556
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 86)
HSL	hsl(94, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(94, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 0%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -44.02, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 69.99, 128.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.1225 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.176 134)
XYZ	xyz(36.2885, 53.8343, 17.2813)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD556 #9F56D5

analogous

#CCD556 #8CD556 #56D55F

triadic

#8CD556 #568CD5 #D5568C

tetradic

#8CD556 #56CCD5 #9F56D5 #D55F56

square

#8CD556 #56CCD5 #9F56D5 #D55F56

split-complementary

#8CD556 #5F56D5 #D556CC

monochromatic

#508D23 #6CBE2F #8CD556 #ADE187 #CFEDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8CD556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#8CD556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD556

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD556	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CCDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.176 134.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e28a',
    500: '#8cd556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd556;
$custom-light: #b2e28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.488,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79854,
    "c": 0.17629,
    "h": 134
  },
  "luminance": 0.53836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD556

secondary

#6E3C93

accent

#44E3A0

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD556

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

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