#8EC856#8EC856

#8EC856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.158 H 131.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC856
RGB	rgb(142, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(91, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(91, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -37.60, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 62.73, 126.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.1049 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.158 131.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4889, 47.7302, 16.2507)
Luminance	0.4773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC856 #9056C8

analogous

#C7C856 #8EC856 #56C857

triadic

#8EC856 #568EC8 #C8568E

tetradic

#8EC856 #56C7C8 #9056C8 #C85756

square

#8EC856 #56C7C8 #9056C8 #C85756

split-complementary

#8EC856 #5756C8 #C856C7

monochromatic

#517B28 #6FAA37 #8EC856 #ADD784 #CCE6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#8EC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#8EC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC856

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC856	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.158 131.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d989',
    500: '#8ec856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec856;
$custom-light: #b2d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.526,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76865,
    "c": 0.15775,
    "h": 131.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC856

secondary

#BDA5D4

accent

#4DDA95

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC856

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

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