#8EC559#8EC559

#8EC559 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.151 H 131.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC559
RGB	rgb(142, 197, 89)
HSL	hsl(91, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(91, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 0%, 54.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -35.94, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 59.84, 126.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.1001 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.151 131.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9243, 46.4036, 16.6714)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC559 #9059C5

analogous

#C4C559 #8EC559 #59C55A

triadic

#8EC559 #598EC5 #C5598E

tetradic

#8EC559 #59C4C5 #9059C5 #C55A59

square

#8EC559 #59C4C5 #9059C5 #C55A59

split-complementary

#8EC559 #5A59C5 #C559C4

monochromatic

#51792A #6FA73A #8EC559 #ADD586 #CCE5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#8EC559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#8EC559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC559

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC559	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90BEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 197, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.151 131.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d78b',
    500: '#8ec559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec559;
$custom-light: #b2d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.556,
    "s": 48.214,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76188,
    "c": 0.15094,
    "h": 131.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC559

secondary

#BDA7D3

accent

#50D895

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC559

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

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