#8CCC40#8CCC40

#8CCC40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.181 H 130.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCC40
RGB	rgb(140, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(87, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 0%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -41.94, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 73.54, 124.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% -0.1185 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.181 130.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3332, 49.1302, 12.5763)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCC40 #8040CC

analogous

#CCC640 #8CCC40 #46CC40

triadic

#8CCC40 #408CCC #CC408C

tetradic

#8CCC40 #40CCC6 #8040CC #CC4046

square

#8CCC40 #40CCC6 #8040CC #CC4046

split-complementary

#8CCC40 #4046CC #C640CC

monochromatic

#4C731F #6DA32C #8CCC40 #A9D970 #C6E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#8CCC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#8CCC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCC40

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCC40	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ccc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.181 130.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2dc7c',
    500: '#8ccc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ccc40;
$custom-light: #b2dc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ccc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77489,
    "c": 0.18103,
    "h": 130.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCC40

secondary

#B195D2

accent

#47E18D

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCC40

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

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