#8CD559#8CD559

#8CD559 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.174 H 134.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD559
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 89)
HSL	hsl(95, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(95, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 0%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -43.73, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 68.81, 129.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.1215 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.174 134.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4119, 53.8837, 17.9313)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD559 #A259D5

analogous

#CAD559 #8CD559 #59D564

triadic

#8CD559 #598CD5 #D5598C

tetradic

#8CD559 #59CAD5 #A259D5 #D56459

square

#8CD559 #59CAD5 #A259D5 #D56459

split-complementary

#8CD559 #6459D5 #D559CA

monochromatic

#508F24 #6CC031 #8CD559 #AEE18A #D0EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8CD559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#8CD559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD559

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD559	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CCDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.174 134.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e28c',
    500: '#8cd559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd559;
$custom-light: #b2e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.323,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79887,
    "c": 0.17382,
    "h": 134.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD559

secondary

#713D95

accent

#45E3A2

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD559

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

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