#8CDC59#8CDC59

#8CDC59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.183 H 135.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CDC59
RGB	rgb(140, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(97, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(97, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.4%, 0%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -46.71, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 72.51, 130.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.1296 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.183 135.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2107, 57.4814, 18.5309)
Luminance	0.5748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CDC59 #A959DC

analogous

#CEDC59 #8CDC59 #59DC67

triadic

#8CDC59 #598CDC #DC598C

tetradic

#8CDC59 #59CEDC #A959DC #DC6759

square

#8CDC59 #59CEDC #A959DC #DC6759

split-complementary

#8CDC59 #6759DC #DC59CE

monochromatic

#509A20 #6ACD2B #8CDC59 #AFE78C #D2F1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#8CDC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#8CDC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CDC59

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CDC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CDC59	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BD4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cdc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.183 135.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e78c',
    500: '#8cdc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cdc59;
$custom-light: #b2e78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cdc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.641,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81562,
    "c": 0.18312,
    "h": 135.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CDC59

secondary

#783B9E

accent

#18CD87

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11160C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CDC59

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →