#8EC257#8EC257

#8EC257 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.149 H 130.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC257
RGB	rgb(142, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(89, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(89, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 0%, 55.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -34.78, 47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 59.05, 126.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.45% -0.0971 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(75.45% 0.149 130.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1671, 45.0216, 16.0102)
Luminance	0.4502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC257 #8B57C2

analogous

#C2C157 #8EC257 #58C257

triadic

#8EC257 #578EC2 #C2578E

tetradic

#8EC257 #57C2C1 #8B57C2 #C25758

square

#8EC257 #57C2C1 #8B57C2 #C25758

split-complementary

#8EC257 #5758C2 #C157C2

monochromatic

#50742A #6FA13B #8EC257 #ACD284 #CAE3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#8EC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#8EC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC257

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC257	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91BBAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.149 130.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d489',
    500: '#8ec257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec257;
$custom-light: #b2d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.159,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75451,
    "c": 0.14858,
    "h": 130.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC257

secondary

#BAA4D1

accent

#51D692

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC257

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

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