#8CD857#8CD857

#8CD857 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.179 H 134.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD857
RGB	rgb(140, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(95, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(95, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 0%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -45.21, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 71.18, 129.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.1257 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.179 134.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0906, 55.3737, 17.7489)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD857 #A357D8

analogous

#CDD857 #8CD857 #57D863

triadic

#8CD857 #578CD8 #D8578C

tetradic

#8CD857 #57CDD8 #A357D8 #D86357

square

#8CD857 #57CDD8 #A357D8 #D86357

split-complementary

#8CD857 #6357D8 #D857CD

monochromatic

#509322 #6BC42E #8CD857 #AEE489 #D0EFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#8CD857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#8CD857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD857

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD857	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BD0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.179 134.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e48b',
    500: '#8cd857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd857;
$custom-light: #b2e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.349,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80583,
    "c": 0.17946,
    "h": 134.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD857

secondary

#723C98

accent

#42E5A2

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD857

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

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