#8CD561#8CD561

#8CD561 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.167 H 135.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD561
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(98, 58%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(98, 54%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 0%, 54.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -42.91, 49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 65.58, 130.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.1186 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.167 135.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7663, 54.0254, 19.7977)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD561 #AA61D5

analogous

#C6D561 #8CD561 #61D570

triadic

#8CD561 #618CD5 #D5618C

tetradic

#8CD561 #61C6D5 #AA61D5 #D57061

square

#8CD561 #61C6D5 #AA61D5 #D57061

split-complementary

#8CD561 #7061D5 #D561C6

monochromatic

#509427 #6AC534 #8CD561 #AFE291 #D2EFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#8CD561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#8CD561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD561

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD561	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C069

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BCEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.167 135.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e291',
    500: '#8cd561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd561;
$custom-light: #b1e291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.759,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79981,
    "c": 0.16692,
    "h": 135.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD561

secondary

#794199

accent

#20C688

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150D

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD561

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

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