#8EAD40#8EAD40

#8EAD40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.140 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAD40
RGB	rgb(142, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(77, 46%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(77, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 63%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, -26.93, 50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 57.62, 117.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0773 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.14 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0245, 36.0079, 10.3760)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAD40 #5F40AD

analogous

#AD9640 #8EAD40 #58AD40

triadic

#8EAD40 #408EAD #AD408E

tetradic

#8EAD40 #40AD96 #5F40AD #AD4058

square

#8EAD40 #40AD96 #5F40AD #AD4058

split-complementary

#8EAD40 #4058AD #9640AD

monochromatic

#45541F #69802F #8EAD40 #AAC664 #C3D691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8EAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#8EAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAD40

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAD40	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ead40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.140 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c57a',
    500: '#8ead40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ead40;
$custom-light: #b2c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ead40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.064,
    "s": 45.992,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7022,
    "c": 0.14014,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAD40

secondary

#9887C2

accent

#52D678

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAD40

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

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