#8CD366#8CD366

#8CD366 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.160 H 135.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD366
RGB	rgb(140, 211, 102)
HSL	hsl(99, 55%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(99, 52%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 0%, 51.7%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -41.49, 46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 62.40, 131.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.1144 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.16 135.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5068, 53.1218, 20.8978)
Luminance	0.5312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD366 #AD66D3

analogous

#C2D366 #8CD366 #66D377

triadic

#8CD366 #668CD3 #D3668C

tetradic

#8CD366 #66C2D3 #AD66D3 #D37766

square

#8CD366 #66C2D3 #AD66D3 #D37766

split-complementary

#8CD366 #7766D3 #D366C2

monochromatic

#4F942B #69C438 #8CD366 #B0E196 #D3EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#8CD366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#8CD366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD366

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD366	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC55C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBE6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ACCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 211, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.160 135.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1e194',
    500: '#8cd366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd366;
$custom-light: #b1e194;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.083,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79568,
    "c": 0.15962,
    "h": 135.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD366

secondary

#7C4499

accent

#23C38B

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F8FCF4

border

#D1D5CE

text

#11150D

muted

#81847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD366

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

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