#8CD940#8CD940

#8CD940 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.197 H 132.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD940
RGB	rgb(140, 217, 64)
HSL	hsl(90, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(90, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -47.46, 64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 79.95, 126.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.1335 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.197 132.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5530, 55.5698, 13.6496)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD940 #8D40D9

analogous

#D8D940 #8CD940 #40D940

triadic

#8CD940 #408CD9 #D9408C

tetradic

#8CD940 #40D8D9 #8D40D9 #D94040

square

#8CD940 #40D8D9 #8D40D9 #D94040

split-complementary

#8CD940 #4040D9 #D940D8

monochromatic

#4F841A #6DB724 #8CD940 #ABE373 #C9EDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#8CD940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#8CD940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD940

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD940	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DD0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 217, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.197 132.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e57e',
    500: '#8cd940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd940;
$custom-light: #b3e57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.196,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80616,
    "c": 0.19718,
    "h": 132.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD940

secondary

#5F328B

accent

#3EEA94

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#11160A

muted

#81847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD940

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

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