#8CCD40#8CCD40

#8CCD40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.182 H 131.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCD40
RGB	rgb(140, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(88, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(88, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -42.37, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 74.04, 124.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.1197 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.182 131)
XYZ	xyz(33.5717, 49.6071, 12.6558)
Luminance	0.4961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCD40 #8140CD

analogous

#CDC840 #8CCD40 #45CD40

triadic

#8CCD40 #408CCD #CD408C

tetradic

#8CCD40 #40CDC8 #8140CD #CD4045

square

#8CCD40 #40CDC8 #8140CD #CD4045

split-complementary

#8CCD40 #4045CD #C840CD

monochromatic

#4D741E #6DA52B #8CCD40 #A9DA71 #C6E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#8CCD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#8CCD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCD40

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCD40	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ccd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.182 131.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2dc7d',
    500: '#8ccd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ccd40;
$custom-light: #b2dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ccd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.66,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77729,
    "c": 0.18228,
    "h": 131
  },
  "luminance": 0.49608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCD40

secondary

#B296D3

accent

#46E28E

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCD40

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

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