#8CEC59#8CEC59

#8CEC59 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.204 H 136.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CEC59
RGB	rgb(140, 236, 89)
HSL	hsl(99, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(99, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 0%, 62.3%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, -53.27, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 80.76, 131.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.1475 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.204 136.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6127, 66.2853, 19.9983)
Luminance	0.6629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CEC59 #B959EC

analogous

#D5EC59 #8CEC59 #59EC6F

triadic

#8CEC59 #598CEC #EC598C

tetradic

#8CEC59 #59D5EC #B959EC #EC6F59

square

#8CEC59 #59D5EC #B959EC #EC6F59

split-complementary

#8CEC59 #6F59EC #EC59D5

monochromatic

#4DB615 #66E622 #8CEC59 #B2F290 #D8F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#8CEC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#8CEC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CEC59

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CEC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CEC59	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88E4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cec59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 236, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.204 136.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4f38d',
    500: '#8cec59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cec59;
$custom-light: #b4f38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cec59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.184,
    "s": 79.459,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85394,
    "c": 0.20374,
    "h": 136.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CEC59

secondary

#8834B5

accent

#0ADC93

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#12170D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CEC59

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

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