#8CD957#8CD957

#8CD957 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.181 H 134.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD957
RGB	rgb(140, 217, 87)
HSL	hsl(96, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(96, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -45.63, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 71.70, 129.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.1268 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.181 134.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3476, 55.8876, 17.8345)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD957 #A457D9

analogous

#CDD957 #8CD957 #57D963

triadic

#8CD957 #578CD9 #D9578C

tetradic

#8CD957 #57CDD9 #A457D9 #D96357

square

#8CD957 #57CDD9 #A457D9 #D96357

split-complementary

#8CD957 #6357D9 #D957CD

monochromatic

#509421 #6BC62D #8CD957 #AEE489 #D0F0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#8CD957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#8CD957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD957

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD957	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BD1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 217, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.181 134.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e58b',
    500: '#8cd957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd957;
$custom-light: #b2e58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.538,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80822,
    "c": 0.18078,
    "h": 134.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD957

secondary

#733B99

accent

#42E6A3

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11160C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD957

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

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