#8EC451#8EC451

#8EC451 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.157 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC451
RGB	rgb(142, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(88, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(88, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 0%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.43, -36.27, 51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.43, 62.65, 125.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.1017 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.157 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3802, 45.8238, 14.9219)
Luminance	0.4582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC451 #8751C4

analogous

#C4C151 #8EC451 #55C451

triadic

#8EC451 #518EC4 #C4518E

tetradic

#8EC451 #51C4C1 #8751C4 #C45155

square

#8EC451 #51C4C1 #8751C4 #C45155

split-complementary

#8EC451 #5155C4 #C151C4

monochromatic

#507327 #6FA137 #8EC451 #ACD37F #C9E3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#8EC451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#8EC451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC451

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC451	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91BCAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.157 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d686',
    500: '#8ec451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec451;
$custom-light: #b2d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.174,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75857,
    "c": 0.15663,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC451

secondary

#B7A0D1

accent

#4FD990

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140B

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC451

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

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