#8CED55#8CED55

#8CED55 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.208 H 136.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CED55
RGB	rgb(140, 237, 85)
HSL	hsl(98, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(98, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 64.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.40, -54.02, 62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.40, 82.69, 130.79°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% -0.1498 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.208 136.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7380, 66.7973, 19.2338)
Luminance	0.6680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CED55 #B655ED

analogous

#D8ED55 #8CED55 #55ED6A

triadic

#8CED55 #558CED #ED558C

tetradic

#8CED55 #55D8ED #B655ED #ED6A55

square

#8CED55 #55D8ED #B655ED #ED6A55

split-complementary

#8CED55 #6A55ED #ED55D8

monochromatic

#4EB413 #67E71E #8CED55 #B1F38C #D7F9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#8CED55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#8CED55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CED55

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CED55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CED55	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88E5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ced55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 237, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.208 136.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4f38b',
    500: '#8ced55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ced55;
$custom-light: #b4f38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ced55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.289,
    "s": 80.851,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85596,
    "c": 0.2079,
    "h": 136.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CED55

secondary

#8532B4

accent

#08DD90

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#12170C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CED55

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

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