#8ACD39#8ACD39

#8ACD39 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.188 H 131.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ACD39
RGB	rgb(138, 205, 57)
HSL	hsl(87, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(87, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 0%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -43.55, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 76.66, 124.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.1233 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.188 131.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0508, 49.3602, 11.6562)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ACD39 #7C39CD

analogous

#CDC639 #8ACD39 #40CD39

triadic

#8ACD39 #398ACD #CD398A

tetradic

#8ACD39 #39CDC6 #7C39CD #CD3940

square

#8ACD39 #39CDC6 #7C39CD #CD3940

split-complementary

#8ACD39 #3940CD #C639CD

monochromatic

#4A6F1C #6AA028 #8ACD39 #A7D96A #C4E69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#8ACD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#8ACD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ACD39

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ACD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ACD39	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DC4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8acd39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 205, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.188 131.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dc79',
    500: '#8acd39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8acd39;
$custom-light: #b1dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8acd39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.162,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77562,
    "c": 0.18771,
    "h": 131.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ACD39

secondary

#AE90D2

accent

#45E38C

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ACD39

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

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