#8CED5A#8CED5A
#8CED5A is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.204 H 136.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8CED5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(140, 237, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(100, 80%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(100, 62%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 62%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.44, -53.59, 60.61) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.44, 80.90, 131.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.64% -0.1483 0.1404) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.64% 0.204 136.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(42.9437, 66.8796, 20.3172) |
| Luminance | 0.6688 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 2.37
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 3.11
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 3.62
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 3.75
Light Green
#96F97B
ΔE00 3.90
Lighter Green
#75FD63
ΔE00 4.29
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8CED5A #BB5AED
analogous
#D6ED5A #8CED5A #5AED72
triadic
#8CED5A #5A8CED #ED5A8C
tetradic
#8CED5A #5AD6ED #BB5AED #ED725A
square
#8CED5A #5AD6ED #BB5AED #ED725A
split-complementary
#8CED5A #725AED #ED5AD6
monochromatic
#4CB814 #66E723 #8CED5A #B2F391 #D9F9C8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.46
#8CED5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.38
#8CED5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8CED5A
14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8CED5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8CED5A | 1.00 | 1.46 | 14.38 | 14.38 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.46 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F5DB49
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E7D266
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#88E5CE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D5D5D5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8ced5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 237, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.204 136.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b4f38e',
500: '#8ced5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8ced5a; $custom-light: #b4f38e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8ced5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 140,
"g": 237,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 99.592,
"s": 80.328,
"l": 64.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85644,
"c": 0.20426,
"h": 136.6
},
"luminance": 0.66882
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8CED5A
secondary
#8B33B8
accent
#09DD95
background
#FDFFFC
surface
#F8FEF4
border
#D1D6CE
text
#12170D
muted
#82857F