#8AD72E#8AD72E

#8AD72E is a light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.205 H 131.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AD72E
RGB	rgb(138, 215, 46)
HSL	hsl(87, 68%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(87, 79%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 0%, 78.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -48.35, 69.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 84.57, 124.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.137 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.205 131.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2745, 54.1999, 11.1873)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AD72E #7B2ED7

analogous

#D7CF2E #8AD72E #35D72E

triadic

#8AD72E #2E8AD7 #D72E8A

tetradic

#8AD72E #2ED7CF #7B2ED7 #D72E35

square

#8AD72E #2ED7CF #7B2ED7 #D72E35

split-complementary

#8AD72E #2E35D7 #CF2ED7

monochromatic

#497416 #6AA820 #8AD72E #A7E161 #C4EB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8AD72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#8AD72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AD72E

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AD72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AD72E	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CCEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ad72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 215, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.205 131.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e475',
    500: '#8ad72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ad72e;
$custom-light: #b2e475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ad72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.337,
    "s": 67.871,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79912,
    "c": 0.20547,
    "h": 131.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AD72E

secondary

#512C7D

accent

#3DEB8C

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF1

border

#D1D5CB

text

#121509

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AD72E

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

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