#8ACD49#8ACD49

#8ACD49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.177 H 132.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ACD49
RGB	rgb(138, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(90, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(90, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -42.41, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 71.10, 126.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.1189 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.177 132.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5147, 49.5457, 14.0995)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8ACD49 #8C49CD

analogous

#CCCD49 #8ACD49 #49CD4A

triadic

#8ACD49 #498ACD #CD498A

tetradic

#8ACD49 #49CCCD #8C49CD #CD4A49

square

#8ACD49 #49CCCD #8C49CD #CD4A49

split-complementary

#8ACD49 #4A49CD #CD49CC

monochromatic

#4D7A22 #6BAA2F #8ACD49 #A9DA79 #C8E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#8ACD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#8ACD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ACD49

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ACD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ACD49	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8acd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.177 132.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0dc82',
    500: '#8acd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8acd49;
$custom-light: #b0dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8acd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.455,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77692,
    "c": 0.17696,
    "h": 132.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ACD49

secondary

#B99DD5

accent

#48E095

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FBEF

border

#D0D4CA

text

#11150B

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ACD49

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

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