#8CDA37#8CDA37

#8CDA37 is a light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.204 H 132.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CDA37
RGB	rgb(140, 218, 55)
HSL	hsl(89, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(89, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.8%, 0%, 74.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -48.43, 67.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 83.20, 125.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.1368 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.204 132.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5758, 55.9926, 12.4942)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CDA37 #8537DA

analogous

#DAD737 #8CDA37 #3ADA37

triadic

#8CDA37 #378CDA #DA378C

tetradic

#8CDA37 #37DAD7 #8537DA #DA373A

square

#8CDA37 #37DAD7 #8537DA #DA373A

split-complementary

#8CDA37 #373ADA #D737DA

monochromatic

#4E7F18 #6DB321 #8CDA37 #AAE46B #C7ED9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#8CDA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#8CDA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CDA37

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CDA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CDA37	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3C911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ED1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cda37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 218, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.204 132.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e679',
    500: '#8cda37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cda37;
$custom-light: #b3e679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cda37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.712,
    "s": 68.776,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80796,
    "c": 0.20356,
    "h": 132.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CDA37

secondary

#592F86

accent

#3CEC90

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#12160A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CDA37

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

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