#8EBC40#8EBC40

#8EBC40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.160 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EBC40
RGB	rgb(142, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(82, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(82, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 0%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -34.03, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 65.23, 121.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0969 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.16 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0640, 42.0868, 11.3891)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EBC40 #6E40BC

analogous

#BCAC40 #8EBC40 #50BC40

triadic

#8EBC40 #408EBC #BC408E

tetradic

#8EBC40 #40BCAC #6E40BC #BC4050

square

#8EBC40 #40BCAC #6E40BC #BC4050

split-complementary

#8EBC40 #4050BC #AC40BC

monochromatic

#496121 #6C8E30 #8EBC40 #A9CD6C #C4DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#8EBC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#8EBC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EBC40

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EBC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EBC40	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B02F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ebc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.160 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d07b',
    500: '#8ebc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ebc40;
$custom-light: #b2d07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ebc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.258,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73781,
    "c": 0.15963,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EBC40

secondary

#A58FC9

accent

#4FD982

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#11140A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EBC40

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

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