#8EC956#8EC956

#8EC956 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.159 H 131.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC956
RGB	rgb(142, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(91, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(91, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 0%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -38.05, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 63.27, 126.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.1062 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.159 131.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7212, 48.1949, 16.3282)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC956 #9156C9

analogous

#C8C956 #8EC956 #56C958

triadic

#8EC956 #568EC9 #C9568E

tetradic

#8EC956 #56C8C9 #9156C9 #C95856

square

#8EC956 #56C8C9 #9156C9 #C95856

split-complementary

#8EC956 #5856C9 #C956C8

monochromatic

#517D28 #6FAB37 #8EC956 #ADD884 #CCE7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#8EC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#8EC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC956

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC956	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.159 131.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d989',
    500: '#8ec956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec956;
$custom-light: #b2d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.783,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77103,
    "c": 0.15912,
    "h": 131.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC956

secondary

#BEA6D5

accent

#4DDB96

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC956

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

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