#8CCA40#8CCA40

#8CCA40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.179 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCA40
RGB	rgb(140, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(87, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(87, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -41.06, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 72.54, 124.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.1161 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.179 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8609, 48.1856, 12.4189)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCA40 #7E40CA

analogous

#CAC340 #8CCA40 #47CA40

triadic

#8CCA40 #408CCA #CA408C

tetradic

#8CCA40 #40CAC3 #7E40CA #CA4047

square

#8CCA40 #40CAC3 #7E40CA #CA4047

split-complementary

#8CCA40 #4047CA #C340CA

monochromatic

#4C701F #6CA02C #8CCA40 #A9D770 #C6E5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#8CCA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#8CCA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCA40

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCA40	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.179 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2da7c',
    500: '#8cca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cca40;
$custom-light: #b2da7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.957,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77008,
    "c": 0.17851,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCA40

secondary

#B095D1

accent

#48E08C

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCA40

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

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