#8CED57#8CED57

#8CED57 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.206 H 136.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CED57
RGB	rgb(140, 237, 87)
HSL	hsl(99, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(99, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.42, -53.85, 61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.42, 81.98, 131.06°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.1492 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.206 136.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.8186, 66.8296, 19.6582)
Luminance	0.6683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CED57 #B857ED

analogous

#D7ED57 #8CED57 #57ED6D

triadic

#8CED57 #578CED #ED578C

tetradic

#8CED57 #57D7ED #B857ED #ED6D57

square

#8CED57 #57D7ED #B857ED #ED6D57

split-complementary

#8CED57 #6D57ED #ED57D7

monochromatic

#4DB614 #66E720 #8CED57 #B2F38E #D8F9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#8CED57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#8CED57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CED57

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CED57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CED57	1.00	1.46	14.37	14.37
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D263

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88E5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ced57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 237, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.206 136.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4f38c',
    500: '#8ced57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ced57;
$custom-light: #b4f38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ced57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 98.8,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85615,
    "c": 0.20646,
    "h": 136.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CED57

secondary

#8733B6

accent

#09DD92

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#12170D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CED57

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

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