#8DCD40#8DCD40

#8DCD40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.182 H 130.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DCD40
RGB	rgb(141, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(87, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -42.01, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 73.89, 124.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.1187 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.182 130.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7410, 49.6944, 12.6637)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DCD40 #8040CD

analogous

#CDC640 #8DCD40 #46CD40

triadic

#8DCD40 #408DCD #CD408D

tetradic

#8DCD40 #40CDC6 #8040CD #CD4046

square

#8DCD40 #40CDC6 #8040CD #CD4046

split-complementary

#8DCD40 #4046CD #C640CD

monochromatic

#4D741E #6EA52B #8DCD40 #AADA71 #C7E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#8DCD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#8DCD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DCD40

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DCD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DCD40	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dcd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.182 130.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3dc7d',
    500: '#8dcd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dcd40;
$custom-light: #b3dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dcd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.234,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77787,
    "c": 0.18179,
    "h": 130.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DCD40

secondary

#B296D3

accent

#46E28D

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DCD40

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

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