#8CD856#8CD856

#8CD856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.180 H 134.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD856
RGB	rgb(140, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(95, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(95, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -45.30, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 71.57, 129.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.126 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.18 134.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0501, 55.3575, 17.5352)
Luminance	0.5536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD856 #A256D8

analogous

#CDD856 #8CD856 #56D861

triadic

#8CD856 #568CD8 #D8568C

tetradic

#8CD856 #56CDD8 #A256D8 #D86156

square

#8CD856 #56CDD8 #A256D8 #D86156

split-complementary

#8CD856 #6156D8 #D856CD

monochromatic

#509222 #6CC42D #8CD856 #AEE388 #D0EFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#8CD856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#8CD856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD856

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD856	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BD0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.180 134.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e48a',
    500: '#8cd856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd856;
$custom-light: #b2e48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.077,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80572,
    "c": 0.18026,
    "h": 134.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD856

secondary

#713B97

accent

#42E6A2

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD856

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

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