#8ECD37#8ECD37

#8ECD37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.187 H 130.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECD37
RGB	rgb(142, 205, 55)
HSL	hsl(85, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(85, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -42.22, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 76.72, 123.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.1201 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.187 130)
XYZ	xyz(33.6761, 49.6882, 11.4302)
Luminance	0.4969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECD37 #7637CD

analogous

#CDC137 #8ECD37 #43CD37

triadic

#8ECD37 #378ECD #CD378E

tetradic

#8ECD37 #37CDC1 #7637CD #CD3743

square

#8ECD37 #37CDC1 #7637CD #CD3743

split-complementary

#8ECD37 #3743CD #C137CD

monochromatic

#4B6E1C #6D9F28 #8ECD37 #AAD968 #C5E599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#8ECD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#8ECD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECD37

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECD37	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92C4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 205, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.187 130.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4dc78',
    500: '#8ecd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecd37;
$custom-light: #b4dc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.2,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7778,
    "c": 0.18686,
    "h": 130
  },
  "luminance": 0.49689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECD37

secondary

#AB8FD1

accent

#45E387

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#12150A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECD37

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

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