#8CD557#8CD557

#8CD557 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.175 H 134.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD557
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(95, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(95, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 0%, 59.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -43.92, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 69.60, 129.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.1221 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.175 134.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3291, 53.8506, 17.4950)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD557 #A057D5

analogous

#CBD557 #8CD557 #57D561

triadic

#8CD557 #578CD5 #D5578C

tetradic

#8CD557 #57CBD5 #A057D5 #D56157

square

#8CD557 #57CBD5 #A057D5 #D56157

split-complementary

#8CD557 #6157D5 #D557CB

monochromatic

#508E24 #6CBF30 #8CD557 #AEE188 #CFEDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8CD557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#8CD557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD557

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD557	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)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CCDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.175 134.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e28b',
    500: '#8cd557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd557;
$custom-light: #b2e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.762,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79865,
    "c": 0.17548,
    "h": 134.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD557

secondary

#6F3C94

accent

#45E3A0

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD557

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

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