#8EC16C#8EC16C
#8EC16C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.126 H 133.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8EC16C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(142, 193, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(96, 41%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(96, 44%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 44%, 24.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.87, -31.90, 37.44) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.87, 49.19, 130.43°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.51% -0.0877 0.0912) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.51% 0.126 133.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.9314, 44.9725, 21.1299) |
| Luminance | 0.4497 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pistachio
#93C572
ΔE00 1.21
Light Moss Green
#A6C875
ΔE00 4.14
Turtle Green
#75B84F
ΔE00 4.78
Lichen
#8FB67B
ΔE00 5.33
Soft Green
#6FC276
ΔE00 5.71
Sage Green (survey)
#88B378
ΔE00 5.80
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8EC16C #9F6CC1
analogous
#B9C16C #8EC16C #6CC175
triadic
#8EC16C #6C8EC1 #C16C8E
tetradic
#8EC16C #6CB9C1 #9F6CC1 #C1756C
square
#8EC16C #6CB9C1 #9F6CC1 #C1756C
split-complementary
#8EC16C #756CC1 #C16CB9
monochromatic
#527E35 #6EA947 #8EC16C #AFD397 #D0E5C2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.10
#8EC16C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.99
#8EC16C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8EC16C
9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8EC16C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8EC16C | 1.00 | 2.10 | 9.99 | 9.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.10 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7B665
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0B171
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8EBBAD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8ec16c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 193, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.126 133.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b1d497',
500: '#8ec16c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8ec16c; $custom-light: #b1d497; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8ec16c",
"rgb": {
"r": 142,
"g": 193,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 96,
"s": 40.67,
"l": 59.02
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75509,
"c": 0.12649,
"h": 133.9
},
"luminance": 0.44973
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8EC16C
secondary
#C8B4D5
accent
#57D1A0
background
#FBFDF9
surface
#F6FAF2
border
#D0D3CC
text
#11140D
muted
#80837E