#8CCA38#8CCA38

#8CCA38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.184 H 130.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCA38
RGB	rgb(140, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(85, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(85, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -41.59, 62.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 75.24, 123.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.95% -0.1182 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(76.95% 0.184 130.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6494, 48.1010, 11.3048)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCA38 #7638CA

analogous

#CABF38 #8CCA38 #43CA38

triadic

#8CCA38 #388CCA #CA388C

tetradic

#8CCA38 #38CABF #7638CA #CA3843

square

#8CCA38 #38CABF #7638CA #CA3843

split-complementary

#8CCA38 #3843CA #BF38CA

monochromatic

#4A6B1D #6B9B29 #8CCA38 #A8D768 #C4E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#8CCA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#8CCA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCA38

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCA38	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.184 130.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2da78',
    500: '#8cca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cca38;
$custom-light: #b2da78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.479,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76948,
    "c": 0.1836,
    "h": 130.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCA38

secondary

#AA8ECF

accent

#47E188

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#111509

muted

#80837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCA38

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

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