#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
RGBrgb(139, 205, 64)
HSLhsl(88, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(88, 69%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(32.2%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(75.77, -42.73, 60.65)
CIE-LCHlch(75.77, 74.19, 125.17°)
OKLaboklab(77.67% -0.1206 0.1374)
OKLCHoklch(77.67% 0.183 131.3)
XYZxyz(33.4039, 49.5206, 12.6479)
Luminance0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8BCD401.001.9310.9010.90
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9021.001.001.00
##00000010.9021.001.001.00

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

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#8BCD40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva