#8CE85A#8CE85A
#8CE85A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.198 H 136.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8CE85A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(140, 232, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(99, 76%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(99, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(39.7%, 0%, 61.2%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.98, -51.57, 58.99) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.98, 78.35, 131.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.45% -0.1428 0.137) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.45% 0.198 136.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.5162, 64.0247, 19.8413) |
| Luminance | 0.6403 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 2.83
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 3.33
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 4.00
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 4.41
Light Green
#96F97B
ΔE00 4.52
Toxic Green
#61DE2A
ΔE00 4.80
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8CE85A #B65AE8
analogous
#D3E85A #8CE85A #5AE86F
triadic
#8CE85A #5A8CE8 #E85A8C
tetradic
#8CE85A #5AD3E8 #B65AE8 #E86F5A
square
#8CE85A #5AD3E8 #B65AE8 #E86F5A
split-complementary
#8CE85A #6F5AE8 #E85AD3
monochromatic
#4EAF18 #67E124 #8CE85A #B1EF90 #D7F7C5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.52
#8CE85A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.81
#8CE85A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8CE85A
13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8CE85A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8CE85A | 1.00 | 1.52 | 13.81 | 13.81 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.52 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.81 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F0D64A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CF65
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#89E0CA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8ce85a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 232, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.198 136.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b3f08e',
500: '#8ce85a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8ce85a; $custom-light: #b3f08e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8ce85a",
"rgb": {
"r": 140,
"g": 232,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 98.873,
"s": 75.532,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84446,
"c": 0.19791,
"h": 136.2
},
"luminance": 0.64027
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8CE85A
secondary
#8536B0
accent
#0ED891
background
#FDFFFC
surface
#F8FEF4
border
#D1D6CE
text
#11160D
muted
#81857F