#8EC261#8EC261

#8EC261 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.139 H 132.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC261
RGB	rgb(142, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(92, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(92, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 0%, 50%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -33.70, 43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 54.70, 128.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0933 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.139 132.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6043, 45.1965, 18.3129)
Luminance	0.4520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC261 #9561C2

analogous

#BEC261 #8EC261 #61C265

triadic

#8EC261 #618EC2 #C2618E

tetradic

#8EC261 #61BEC2 #9561C2 #C26561

square

#8EC261 #61BEC2 #9561C2 #C26561

split-complementary

#8EC261 #6561C2 #C261BE

monochromatic

#527A2F #6FA640 #8EC261 #AED38D #CDE4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#8EC261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#8EC261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC261

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC261	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.139 132.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d490',
    500: '#8ec261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec261;
$custom-light: #b1d490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.165,
    "s": 44.292,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75581,
    "c": 0.13911,
    "h": 132.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC261

secondary

#C1ACD3

accent

#54D499

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140D

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC261

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

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