#8EC251#8EC251

#8EC251 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.154 H 130.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC251
RGB	rgb(142, 194, 81)
HSL	hsl(88, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(88, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 0%, 58.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.84, -35.36, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.84, 61.58, 125.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0992 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.154 130.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9320, 44.9276, 14.7725)
Luminance	0.4493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC251 #8551C2

analogous

#C2BE51 #8EC251 #56C251

triadic

#8EC251 #518EC2 #C2518E

tetradic

#8EC251 #51C2BE #8551C2 #C25156

square

#8EC251 #51C2BE #8551C2 #C25156

split-complementary

#8EC251 #5156C2 #BE51C2

monochromatic

#4F7128 #6F9E37 #8EC251 #ABD27E #C9E2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#8EC251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#8EC251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC251

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC251	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)

#CAB545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91BAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 194, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.154 130.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d486',
    500: '#8ec251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec251;
$custom-light: #b2d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.611,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75381,
    "c": 0.15392,
    "h": 130.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC251

secondary

#B59FD0

accent

#50D88F

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140B

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC251

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

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