#8AD040#8AD040

#8AD040 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.187 H 131.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AD040
RGB	rgb(138, 208, 64)
HSL	hsl(89, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(89, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 0%, 69.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -44.37, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 75.83, 125.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.125 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.187 131.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9621, 50.8839, 12.8817)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AD040 #8640D0

analogous

#D0CE40 #8AD040 #42D040

triadic

#8AD040 #408AD0 #D0408A

tetradic

#8AD040 #40D0CE #8640D0 #D04042

square

#8AD040 #40D0CE #8640D0 #D04042

split-complementary

#8AD040 #4042D0 #CE40D0

monochromatic

#4C781E #6BA92A #8AD040 #A8DC71 #C6E8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8AD040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#8AD040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AD040

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AD040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AD040	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ad040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 208, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.187 131.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1df7d',
    500: '#8ad040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ad040;
$custom-light: #b1df7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ad040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.167,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78338,
    "c": 0.18705,
    "h": 131.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AD040

secondary

#593480

accent

#44E492

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#11150A

muted

#81847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AD040

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

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