#8CED5B#8CED5B

#8CED5B is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.204 H 136.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CED5B
RGB	rgb(140, 237, 91)
HSL	hsl(100, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(100, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 61.6%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.45, -53.50, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.45, 80.54, 131.62°)
OKLab	oklab(85.65% -0.148 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(85.65% 0.204 136.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9865, 66.8968, 20.5428)
Luminance	0.6690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CED5B #BC5BED

analogous

#D5ED5B #8CED5B #5BED73

triadic

#8CED5B #5B8CED #ED5B8C

tetradic

#8CED5B #5BD5ED #BC5BED #ED735B

square

#8CED5B #5BD5ED #BC5BED #ED735B

split-complementary

#8CED5B #735BED #ED5BD5

monochromatic

#4CB914 #65E724 #8CED5B #B3F392 #D9F9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#8CED5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.38

#8CED5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CED5B

14.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CED5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CED5B	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)

#F5DB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88E5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ced5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 237, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.204 136.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4f38f',
    500: '#8ced5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ced5b;
$custom-light: #b4f38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ced5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.863,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85654,
    "c": 0.20351,
    "h": 136.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CED5B

secondary

#8C34B8

accent

#09DD96

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#12170D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CED5B

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

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