#8CEC56#8CEC56

#8CEC56 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.206 H 136.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CEC56
RGB	rgb(140, 236, 86)
HSL	hsl(98, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(98, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 0%, 63.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.12, -53.54, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.12, 81.84, 130.86°)
OKLab	oklab(85.37% -0.1485 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(85.37% 0.206 136.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4893, 66.2359, 19.3483)
Luminance	0.6624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CEC56 #B656EC

analogous

#D7EC56 #8CEC56 #56EC6B

triadic

#8CEC56 #568CEC #EC568C

tetradic

#8CEC56 #56D7EC #B656EC #EC6B56

square

#8CEC56 #56D7EC #B656EC #EC6B56

split-complementary

#8CEC56 #6B56EC #EC56D7

monochromatic

#4EB314 #67E61F #8CEC56 #B1F28D #D7F8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#8CEC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#8CEC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CEC56

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CEC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CEC56	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89E4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cec56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 236, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.206 136.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4f38c',
    500: '#8cec56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cec56;
$custom-light: #b4f38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cec56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.4,
    "s": 79.787,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85366,
    "c": 0.20594,
    "h": 136.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CEC56

secondary

#8533B3

accent

#09DC90

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#12170C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CEC56

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

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