#8CC538#8CC538

#8CC538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.177 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC538
RGB	rgb(140, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(84, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(84, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, -39.39, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 72.81, 122.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.1122 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.177 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4952, 45.7926, 10.9201)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC538 #7138C5

analogous

#C5B738 #8CC538 #46C538

triadic

#8CC538 #388CC5 #C5388C

tetradic

#8CC538 #38C5B7 #7138C5 #C53846

square

#8CC538 #38C5B7 #7138C5 #C53846

split-complementary

#8CC538 #3846C5 #B738C5

monochromatic

#48661D #6A952A #8CC538 #A8D467 #C3E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#8CC538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#8CC538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC538

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC538	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB71F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90BCA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.177 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d777',
    500: '#8cc538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc538;
$custom-light: #b2d777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.255,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75746,
    "c": 0.17742,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC538

secondary

#A68CCD

accent

#49DF86

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FAEE

border

#D0D3C9

text

#111409

muted

#80837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC538

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

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