#8EC561#8EC561

#8EC561 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.143 H 132.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC561
RGB	rgb(142, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(93, 46%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(93, 51%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 0%, 50.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -35.08, 44.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 56.39, 128.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0972 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.143 132.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2787, 46.5454, 18.5377)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC561 #9861C5

analogous

#C0C561 #8EC561 #61C566

triadic

#8EC561 #618EC5 #C5618E

tetradic

#8EC561 #61C0C5 #9861C5 #C56661

square

#8EC561 #61C0C5 #9861C5 #C56661

split-complementary

#8EC561 #6661C5 #C561C0

monochromatic

#527E2E #6FAA3F #8EC561 #AED58E #CEE6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#8EC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#8EC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC561

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC561	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FBEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.143 132.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d790',
    500: '#8ec561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec561;
$custom-light: #b1d790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93,
    "s": 46.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76291,
    "c": 0.14342,
    "h": 132.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC561

secondary

#C3ADD5

accent

#52D69B

background

#FBFDF9

surface

#F6FAF1

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140D

muted

#80837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC561

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

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