#8CED4E#8CED4E

#8CED4E is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.213 H 135.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CED4E
RGB	rgb(140, 237, 78)
HSL	hsl(97, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(97, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.9%, 0%, 67.1%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -54.58, 65.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 85.10, 129.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% -0.1519 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.213 135.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4735, 66.6916, 17.8410)
Luminance	0.6669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CED4E #AF4EED

analogous

#DBED4E #8CED4E #4EED60

triadic

#8CED4E #4E8CED #ED4E8C

tetradic

#8CED4E #4EDBED #AF4EED #ED604E

square

#8CED4E #4EDBED #AF4EED #ED604E

split-complementary

#8CED4E #604EED #ED4EDB

monochromatic

#4FAF12 #68E617 #8CED4E #B0F386 #D4F8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#8CED4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#8CED4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CED4E

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CED4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CED4E	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89E4CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ced4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 237, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.213 135.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4f387',
    500: '#8ced4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ced4e;
$custom-light: #b4f387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ced4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.604,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85535,
    "c": 0.2127,
    "h": 135.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CED4E

secondary

#7E30AF

accent

#08DE8A

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F8FEF4

border

#D1D6CE

text

#12170C

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CED4E

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

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