#8CD840#8CD840

#8CD840 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.196 H 132.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD840
RGB	rgb(140, 216, 64)
HSL	hsl(90, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(90, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 0%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, -47.05, 64.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 79.46, 126.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.1324 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.196 132.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2960, 55.0558, 13.5639)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD840 #8C40D8

analogous

#D8D840 #8CD840 #40D840

triadic

#8CD840 #408CD8 #D8408C

tetradic

#8CD840 #40D8D8 #8C40D8 #D84040

square

#8CD840 #40D8D8 #8C40D8 #D84040

split-complementary

#8CD840 #4040D8 #D840D8

monochromatic

#4F831B #6DB625 #8CD840 #ABE273 #C9EDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#8CD840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#8CD840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD840

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD840	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DCFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 216, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.196 132.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e47e',
    500: '#8cd840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd840;
$custom-light: #b3e47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80375,
    "c": 0.19595,
    "h": 132.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD840

secondary

#5E338A

accent

#3FE994

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#11150A

muted

#81847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD840

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

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