#8ECD57#8ECD57

#8ECD57 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.164 H 132.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECD57
RGB	rgb(142, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(92, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(92, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -39.74, 51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 65.01, 127.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.1107 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.164 132.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7064, 50.1004, 16.8567)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECD57 #9657CD

analogous

#C9CD57 #8ECD57 #57CD5B

triadic

#8ECD57 #578ECD #CD578E

tetradic

#8ECD57 #57C9CD #9657CD #CD5B57

square

#8ECD57 #57C9CD #9657CD #CD5B57

split-complementary

#8ECD57 #5B57CD #CD57C9

monochromatic

#528327 #6FB235 #8ECD57 #AEDB86 #CDE9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#8ECD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#8ECD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECD57

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECD57	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.164 132.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2dc8a',
    500: '#8ecd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecd57;
$custom-light: #b2dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.034,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78067,
    "c": 0.1637,
    "h": 132.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECD57

secondary

#673E8A

accent

#4ADD99

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECD57

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

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