#8CD55C#8CD55C

#8CD55C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.171 H 134.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD55C
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 92)
HSL	hsl(96, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(96, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 0%, 56.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -43.43, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 67.61, 129.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.1204 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.171 134.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5405, 53.9351, 18.6084)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD55C #A55CD5

analogous

#C9D55C #8CD55C #5CD568

triadic

#8CD55C #5C8CD5 #D55C8C

tetradic

#8CD55C #5CC9D5 #A55CD5 #D5685C

square

#8CD55C #5CC9D5 #A55CD5 #D5685C

split-complementary

#8CD55C #685CD5 #D55CC9

monochromatic

#509125 #6BC232 #8CD55C #AEE28D #D1EEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8CD55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#8CD55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD55C

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD55C	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BCEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.171 134.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e28e',
    500: '#8cd55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd55c;
$custom-light: #b1e28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.198,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79921,
    "c": 0.17129,
    "h": 134.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD55C

secondary

#743F97

accent

#46E2A4

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD55C

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

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