#8ECC40#8ECC40

#8ECC40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.180 H 130.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECC40
RGB	rgb(142, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(87, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 0%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -41.21, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 73.25, 124.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.1166 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.18 130.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6734, 49.3056, 12.5923)
Luminance	0.4931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECC40 #7E40CC

analogous

#CCC440 #8ECC40 #48CC40

triadic

#8ECC40 #408ECC #CC408E

tetradic

#8ECC40 #40CCC4 #7E40CC #CC4048

square

#8ECC40 #40CCC4 #7E40CC #CC4048

split-complementary

#8ECC40 #4048CC #C440CC

monochromatic

#4E731F #6EA32C #8ECC40 #ABD970 #C7E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#8ECC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#8ECC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECC40

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECC40	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.180 130.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3dc7c',
    500: '#8ecc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecc40;
$custom-light: #b3dc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.571,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77606,
    "c": 0.18003,
    "h": 130.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECC40

secondary

#B095D2

accent

#47E18B

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECC40

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

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