#8ECD59#8ECD59

#8ECD59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.162 H 132.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECD59
RGB	rgb(142, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(93, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(93, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -39.54, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 64.20, 128.02°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.1101 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.162 132.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7893, 50.1335, 17.2930)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECD59 #9859CD

analogous

#C8CD59 #8ECD59 #59CD5E

triadic

#8ECD59 #598ECD #CD598E

tetradic

#8ECD59 #59C8CD #9859CD #CD5E59

square

#8ECD59 #59C8CD #9859CD #CD5E59

split-complementary

#8ECD59 #5E59CD #CD59C8

monochromatic

#528428 #6FB336 #8ECD59 #AEDB88 #CEE9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#8ECD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#8ECD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECD59

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECD59	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.162 132.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2dc8b',
    500: '#8ecd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecd59;
$custom-light: #b2dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.586,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7809,
    "c": 0.16198,
    "h": 132.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECD59

secondary

#683F8B

accent

#4BDD9A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150C

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECD59

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

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