#8CDC56#8CDC56

#8CDC56 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.185 H 134.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CDC56
RGB	rgb(140, 220, 86)
HSL	hsl(96, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(96, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 0%, 60.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -46.99, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 73.66, 129.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.1306 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.186 134.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.0873, 57.4320, 17.8810)
Luminance	0.5743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CDC56 #A656DC

analogous

#CFDC56 #8CDC56 #56DC63

triadic

#8CDC56 #568CDC #DC568C

tetradic

#8CDC56 #56CFDC #A656DC #DC6356

square

#8CDC56 #56CFDC #A656DC #DC6356

split-complementary

#8CDC56 #6356DC #DC56CF

monochromatic

#509820 #6BCB2A #8CDC56 #AEE689 #D1F1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#8CDC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#8CDC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CDC56

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CDC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CDC56	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BD4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cdc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 220, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.185 134.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e78a',
    500: '#8cdc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cdc56;
$custom-light: #b2e78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cdc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 95.821,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8153,
    "c": 0.1855,
    "h": 134.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CDC56

secondary

#753A9C

accent

#3FE9A4

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11160C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CDC56

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

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