#8ACD40#8ACD40

#8ACD40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.183 H 131.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ACD40
RGB	rgb(138, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(89, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(89, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -43.09, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 74.34, 125.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.1215 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.183 131.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2376, 49.4349, 12.6402)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ACD40 #8340CD

analogous

#CDCA40 #8ACD40 #43CD40

triadic

#8ACD40 #408ACD #CD408A

tetradic

#8ACD40 #40CDCA #8340CD #CD4043

square

#8ACD40 #40CDCA #8340CD #CD4043

split-complementary

#8ACD40 #4043CD #CA40CD

monochromatic

#4B741E #6BA52B #8ACD40 #A8DA71 #C5E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#8ACD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#8ACD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ACD40

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ACD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ACD40	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8acd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.183 131.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dc7d',
    500: '#8acd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8acd40;
$custom-light: #b1dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8acd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.511,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77614,
    "c": 0.1833,
    "h": 131.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ACD40

secondary

#B396D3

accent

#46E290

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ACD40

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

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