#8EBD40#8EBD40

#8EBD40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.161 H 127.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EBD40
RGB	rgb(142, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(83, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(83, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 0%, 66.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -34.49, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 65.73, 121.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0982 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.161 127.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2783, 42.5156, 11.4606)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EBD40 #6F40BD

analogous

#BDAE40 #8EBD40 #50BD40

triadic

#8EBD40 #408EBD #BD408E

tetradic

#8EBD40 #40BDAE #6F40BD #BD4050

square

#8EBD40 #40BDAE #6F40BD #BD4050

split-complementary

#8EBD40 #4050BD #AE40BD

monochromatic

#496221 #6C8F31 #8EBD40 #A9CD6D #C4DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8EBD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#8EBD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EBD40

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EBD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EBD40	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ebd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.161 127.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d17b',
    500: '#8ebd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ebd40;
$custom-light: #b2d17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ebd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.56,
    "s": 49.407,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7402,
    "c": 0.16092,
    "h": 127.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EBD40

secondary

#A590C9

accent

#4FD983

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#11140A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EBD40

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

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