#8BCD40#8BCD40

#8BCD40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.183 H 131.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BCD40
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(88, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(88, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -42.73, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 74.19, 125.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.1206 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.183 131.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4039, 49.5206, 12.6479)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BCD40 #8240CD

analogous

#CDC840 #8BCD40 #45CD40

triadic

#8BCD40 #408BCD #CD408B

tetradic

#8BCD40 #40CDC8 #8240CD #CD4045

square

#8BCD40 #40CDC8 #8240CD #CD4045

split-complementary

#8BCD40 #4045CD #C840CD

monochromatic

#4C741E #6CA52B #8BCD40 #A8DA71 #C6E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#8BCD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#8BCD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCD40

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BCD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BCD40	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DC5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bcd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.183 131.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dc7d',
    500: '#8bcd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bcd40;
$custom-light: #b1dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bcd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.085,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77671,
    "c": 0.18279,
    "h": 131.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BCD40

secondary

#B296D3

accent

#46E28F

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BCD40

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

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