#8EC456#8EC456

#8EC456 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.152 H 131.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC456
RGB	rgb(142, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(89, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(89, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 0%, 56.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -35.79, 48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 60.57, 126.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0999 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.152 131)
XYZ	xyz(32.5746, 45.9016, 15.9459)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC456 #8C56C4

analogous

#C4C356 #8EC456 #57C456

triadic

#8EC456 #568EC4 #C4568E

tetradic

#8EC456 #56C4C3 #8C56C4 #C45657

square

#8EC456 #56C4C3 #8C56C4 #C45657

split-complementary

#8EC456 #5657C4 #C356C4

monochromatic

#507629 #6FA439 #8EC456 #ACD483 #CBE4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#8EC456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#8EC456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC456

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC456	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90BDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.152 131.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d689',
    500: '#8ec456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec456;
$custom-light: #b2d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.455,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75914,
    "c": 0.15226,
    "h": 131
  },
  "luminance": 0.45903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC456

secondary

#BAA4D2

accent

#50D893

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC456

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

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