#8EC940#8EC940

#8EC940 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.176 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC940
RGB	rgb(142, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(86, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(86, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 0%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.76, -39.89, 59.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.76, 71.76, 123.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.113 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.176 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9672, 47.8933, 12.3569)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC940 #7B40C9

analogous

#C9BF40 #8EC940 #4AC940

triadic

#8EC940 #408EC9 #C9408E

tetradic

#8EC940 #40C9BF #7B40C9 #C9404A

square

#8EC940 #40C9BF #7B40C9 #C9404A

split-complementary

#8EC940 #404AC9 #BF40C9

monochromatic

#4D6F1F #6E9F2D #8EC940 #AAD670 #C6E49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#8EC940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#8EC940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC940

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC940	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.176 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3d97c',
    500: '#8ec940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec940;
$custom-light: #b3d97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.839,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76888,
    "c": 0.17625,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC940

secondary

#AE94D0

accent

#49DF89

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FAEE

border

#D0D3C9

text

#11140A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC940

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

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