#8CED56#8CED56

#8CED56 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.207 H 136.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CED56
RGB	rgb(140, 237, 86)
HSL	hsl(99, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(99, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.41, -53.94, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.41, 82.34, 130.92°)
OKLab	oklab(85.61% -0.1495 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(85.61% 0.207 136.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7780, 66.8133, 19.4445)
Luminance	0.6682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CED56 #B756ED

analogous

#D7ED56 #8CED56 #56ED6B

triadic

#8CED56 #568CED #ED568C

tetradic

#8CED56 #56D7ED #B756ED #ED6B56

square

#8CED56 #56D7ED #B756ED #ED6B56

split-complementary

#8CED56 #6B56ED #ED56D7

monochromatic

#4DB513 #66E71F #8CED56 #B2F38D #D7F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#8CED56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#8CED56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CED56

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CED56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CED56	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)

#F5DB43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88E5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ced56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 237, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.207 136.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4f38c',
    500: '#8ced56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ced56;
$custom-light: #b4f38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ced56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.543,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85605,
    "c": 0.20719,
    "h": 136.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CED56

secondary

#8632B5

accent

#08DD91

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#12170C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CED56

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

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