#8CD956#8CD956

#8CD956 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.182 H 134.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD956
RGB	rgb(140, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(95, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(95, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -45.72, 55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 72.09, 129.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.1271 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.182 134.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3070, 55.8714, 17.6209)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD956 #A356D9

analogous

#CED956 #8CD956 #56D962

triadic

#8CD956 #568CD9 #D9568C

tetradic

#8CD956 #56CED9 #A356D9 #D96256

square

#8CD956 #56CED9 #A356D9 #D96256

split-complementary

#8CD956 #6256D9 #D956CE

monochromatic

#509321 #6BC52C #8CD956 #AEE488 #D0EFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#8CD956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#8CD956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD956

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD956	1.00	1.72	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BD1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.182 134.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e58a',
    500: '#8cd956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd956;
$custom-light: #b2e58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.267,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80812,
    "c": 0.18158,
    "h": 134.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD956

secondary

#723B98

accent

#41E6A2

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11160C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD956

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

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