#8CC138#8CC138

#8CC138 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.172 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC138
RGB	rgb(140, 193, 56)
HSL	hsl(83, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(83, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 0%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, -37.61, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 70.86, 122.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.79% -0.1073 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(74.79% 0.172 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5989, 44.0002, 10.6214)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC138 #6D38C1

analogous

#C1B238 #8CC138 #48C138

triadic

#8CC138 #388CC1 #C1388C

tetradic

#8CC138 #38C1B2 #6D38C1 #C13848

square

#8CC138 #38C1B2 #6D38C1 #C13848

split-complementary

#8CC138 #3848C1 #B238C1

monochromatic

#47621C #6A922A #8CC138 #A8D264 #C2E094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#8CC138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#8CC138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC138

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC138	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 193, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.172 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d477',
    500: '#8cc138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc138;
$custom-light: #b2d477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.212,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74785,
    "c": 0.17244,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC138

secondary

#A38ACB

accent

#49DE83

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FAEE

border

#D0D3C9

text

#111409

muted

#80837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC138

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

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