#8CDD40#8CDD40

#8CDD40 is a light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.202 H 133.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CDD40
RGB	rgb(140, 221, 64)
HSL	hsl(91, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(91, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 0%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, -49.12, 65.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 81.89, 126.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.138 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.202 133.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.5965, 57.6568, 13.9974)
Luminance	0.5766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CDD40 #9140DD

analogous

#DBDD40 #8CDD40 #40DD42

triadic

#8CDD40 #408CDD #DD408C

tetradic

#8CDD40 #40DBDD #9140DD #DD4240

square

#8CDD40 #40DBDD #9140DD #DD4240

split-complementary

#8CDD40 #4240DD #DD40DB

monochromatic

#4F8A19 #6DBE22 #8CDD40 #ABE674 #CBEFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#8CDD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#8CDD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CDD40

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CDD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CDD40	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DD4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cdd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 221, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.202 133.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e87e',
    500: '#8cdd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cdd40;
$custom-light: #b3e87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cdd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.955,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81579,
    "c": 0.20206,
    "h": 133.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CDD40

secondary

#623190

accent

#3BED97

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#12160B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CDD40

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

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