#8CED59#8CED59

#8CED59 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.205 H 136.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CED59
RGB	rgb(140, 237, 89)
HSL	hsl(99, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(99, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 62.4%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.43, -53.67, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.43, 81.27, 131.34°)
OKLab	oklab(85.63% -0.1486 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(85.63% 0.205 136.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9014, 66.8627, 20.0945)
Luminance	0.6686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CED59 #BA59ED

analogous

#D6ED59 #8CED59 #59ED70

triadic

#8CED59 #598CED #ED598C

tetradic

#8CED59 #59D6ED #BA59ED #ED7059

square

#8CED59 #59D6ED #BA59ED #ED7059

split-complementary

#8CED59 #7059ED #ED59D6

monochromatic

#4CB814 #66E722 #8CED59 #B2F390 #D9F9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#8CED59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.37

#8CED59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CED59

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CED59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CED59	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)

#F5DB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88E5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ced59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 237, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.205 136.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4f38e',
    500: '#8ced59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ced59;
$custom-light: #b4f38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ced59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.324,
    "s": 80.435,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85634,
    "c": 0.205,
    "h": 136.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CED59

secondary

#8A33B7

accent

#09DD94

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#12170D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CED59

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

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