#8DC159#8DC159

#8DC159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.146 H 131.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC159
RGB	rgb(141, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(90, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(90, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 0%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -34.48, 46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 57.79, 126.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.096 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.146 131.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8572, 44.5231, 16.3646)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC159 #8D59C1

analogous

#C1C159 #8DC159 #59C159

triadic

#8DC159 #598DC1 #C1598D

tetradic

#8DC159 #59C1C1 #8D59C1 #C15959

square

#8DC159 #59C1C1 #8D59C1 #C15959

split-complementary

#8DC159 #5959C1 #C159C1

monochromatic

#50742B #6EA13C #8DC159 #ACD286 #CAE2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#8DC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#8DC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC159

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC159	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FBAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.146 131.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d48b',
    500: '#8dc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc159;
$custom-light: #b1d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75176,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 131.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC159

secondary

#BBA5D1

accent

#53D594

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC159

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

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