#8CD040#8CD040

#8CD040 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.186 H 131.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD040
RGB	rgb(140, 208, 64)
HSL	hsl(88, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(88, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 0%, 69.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -43.66, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 75.53, 125.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.1232 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.186 131.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2962, 51.0561, 12.8973)
Luminance	0.5106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD040 #8440D0

analogous

#D0CC40 #8CD040 #44D040

triadic

#8CD040 #408CD0 #D0408C

tetradic

#8CD040 #40D0CC #8440D0 #D04044

square

#8CD040 #40D0CC #8440D0 #D04044

split-complementary

#8CD040 #4044D0 #CC40D0

monochromatic

#4D781E #6DA92A #8CD040 #AADC71 #C7E8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8CD040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#8CD040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD040

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD040	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EC7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 208, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.186 131.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2df7d',
    500: '#8cd040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd040;
$custom-light: #b2df7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.333,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7845,
    "c": 0.18604,
    "h": 131.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD040

secondary

#583480

accent

#44E48F

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#11150A

muted

#81847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD040

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

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