#8CD55B#8CD55B

#8CD55B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.172 H 134.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD55B
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 91)
HSL	hsl(96, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(96, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 0%, 57.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.41, -43.53, 52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.41, 68.01, 129.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.1208 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.172 134.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4970, 53.9177, 18.3797)
Luminance	0.5392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD55B #A45BD5

analogous

#C9D55B #8CD55B #5BD567

triadic

#8CD55B #5B8CD5 #D55B8C

tetradic

#8CD55B #5BC9D5 #A45BD5 #D5675B

square

#8CD55B #5BC9D5 #A45BD5 #D5675B

split-complementary

#8CD55B #675BD5 #D55BC9

monochromatic

#509125 #6BC132 #8CD55B #AEE18C #D0EEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8CD55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#8CD55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD55B

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD55B	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)

#DCC64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BCEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.172 134.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e28d',
    500: '#8cd55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd55b;
$custom-light: #b1e28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.902,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79909,
    "c": 0.17214,
    "h": 134.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD55B

secondary

#733E96

accent

#45E2A3

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD55B

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

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