#8ECD51#8ECD51

#8ECD51 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.169 H 131.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECD51
RGB	rgb(142, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(90, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(90, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -40.30, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 67.42, 126.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.1128 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.169 131.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4714, 50.0064, 15.6190)
Luminance	0.5001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECD51 #9051CD

analogous

#CCCD51 #8ECD51 #51CD52

triadic

#8ECD51 #518ECD #CD518E

tetradic

#8ECD51 #51CCCD #9051CD #CD5251

square

#8ECD51 #51CCCD #9051CD #CD5251

split-complementary

#8ECD51 #5251CD #CD51CC

monochromatic

#517F25 #6FAF32 #8ECD51 #ADDB81 #CCE8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#8ECD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#8ECD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECD51

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECD51	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.169 131.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3dc86',
    500: '#8ecd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecd51;
$custom-light: #b3dc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.484,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78002,
    "c": 0.16872,
    "h": 131.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECD51

secondary

#623B87

accent

#49DF95

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#11150B

muted

#81847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECD51

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

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