#8EC656#8EC656

#8EC656 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.155 H 131.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC656
RGB	rgb(142, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(90, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(90, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 0%, 56.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -36.70, 49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 61.65, 126.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.1024 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.155 131.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0287, 46.8099, 16.0973)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC656 #8E56C6

analogous

#C6C656 #8EC656 #56C656

triadic

#8EC656 #568EC6 #C6568E

tetradic

#8EC656 #56C6C6 #8E56C6 #C65656

square

#8EC656 #56C6C6 #8E56C6 #C65656

split-complementary

#8EC656 #5656C6 #C656C6

monochromatic

#517929 #6FA738 #8EC656 #ADD584 #CBE5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#8EC656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#8EC656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC656

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC656	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90BFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.155 131.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d789',
    500: '#8ec656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec656;
$custom-light: #b2d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76389,
    "c": 0.15501,
    "h": 131.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC656

secondary

#BCA5D3

accent

#4FD994

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC656

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

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