#8CD72E#8CD72E

#8CD72E is a light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.204 H 131.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD72E
RGB	rgb(140, 215, 46)
HSL	hsl(87, 68%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(87, 79%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 0%, 78.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -47.65, 69.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 84.28, 124.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.1353 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.204 131.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6085, 54.3722, 11.2030)
Luminance	0.5437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD72E #792ED7

analogous

#D7CD2E #8CD72E #37D72E

triadic

#8CD72E #2E8CD7 #D72E8C

tetradic

#8CD72E #2ED7CD #792ED7 #D72E37

square

#8CD72E #2ED7CD #792ED7 #D72E37

split-complementary

#8CD72E #2E37D7 #CD2ED7

monochromatic

#4B7416 #6CA820 #8CD72E #A8E161 #C5EB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#8CD72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#8CD72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD72E

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD72E	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ECEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 215, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.204 131.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e475',
    500: '#8cd72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd72e;
$custom-light: #b3e475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.627,
    "s": 67.871,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80021,
    "c": 0.20447,
    "h": 131.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD72E

secondary

#502C7D

accent

#3DEB8A

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF1

border

#D1D5CB

text

#121509

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD72E

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

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