#8CD659#8CD659

#8CD659 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.175 H 134.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD659
RGB	rgb(140, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(96, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(96, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 0%, 58.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -44.16, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 69.34, 129.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.1226 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.175 134.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6642, 54.3883, 18.0154)
Luminance	0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD659 #A359D6

analogous

#CAD659 #8CD659 #59D665

triadic

#8CD659 #598CD6 #D6598C

tetradic

#8CD659 #59CAD6 #A359D6 #D66559

square

#8CD659 #59CAD6 #A359D6 #D66559

split-complementary

#8CD659 #6559D6 #D659CA

monochromatic

#509124 #6BC230 #8CD659 #AEE28A #D0EEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8CD659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#8CD659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD659

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD659	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BCEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.175 134.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e38c',
    500: '#8cd659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd659;
$custom-light: #b2e38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.52,
    "s": 60.386,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80126,
    "c": 0.17516,
    "h": 134.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD659

secondary

#723D96

accent

#44E4A3

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD659

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

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