#8CD538#8CD538

#8CD538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.197 H 131.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD538
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 56)
HSL	hsl(88, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(88, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 0%, 73.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -46.29, 65.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 80.53, 125.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.1309 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.197 131.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3229, 53.4481, 12.1960)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD538 #8138D5

analogous

#D5CF38 #8CD538 #3ED538

triadic

#8CD538 #388CD5 #D5388C

tetradic

#8CD538 #38D5CF #8138D5 #D5383E

square

#8CD538 #38D5CF #8138D5 #D5383E

split-complementary

#8CD538 #383ED5 #CF38D5

monochromatic

#4D791A #6DAC24 #8CD538 #A9E06B #C6EA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#8CD538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#8CD538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD538

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD538	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ECCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.197 131.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e279',
    500: '#8cd538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd538;
$custom-light: #b3e279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.898,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79597,
    "c": 0.19702,
    "h": 131.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD538

secondary

#563081

accent

#40E88E

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#12150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD538

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

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