#8CC540#8CC540

#8CC540 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.172 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC540
RGB	rgb(140, 197, 64)
HSL	hsl(86, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(86, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 0%, 67.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -38.86, 58.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 70.04, 123.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.1101 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.172 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7067, 45.8772, 12.0342)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC540 #7940C5

analogous

#C5BB40 #8CC540 #49C540

triadic

#8CC540 #408CC5 #C5408C

tetradic

#8CC540 #40C5BB #7940C5 #C54049

square

#8CC540 #40C5BB #7940C5 #C54049

split-complementary

#8CC540 #4049C5 #BB40C5

monochromatic

#4B6A20 #6C992F #8CC540 #A8D36F #C5E29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#8CC540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#8CC540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC540

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC540	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90BDAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 197, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.172 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d77c',
    500: '#8cc540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc540;
$custom-light: #b1d77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 53.414,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75808,
    "c": 0.17216,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC540

secondary

#AC93CE

accent

#4BDD89

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FAEE

border

#D0D3C9

text

#11140A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC540

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

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