#8ECD38#8ECD38

#8ECD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.186 H 130.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECD38
RGB	rgb(142, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(85, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(85, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.88, -42.16, 63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.88, 76.41, 123.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.1198 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.186 130)
XYZ	xyz(33.7003, 49.6979, 11.5577)
Luminance	0.4970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECD38 #7738CD

analogous

#CDC138 #8ECD38 #43CD38

triadic

#8ECD38 #388ECD #CD388E

tetradic

#8ECD38 #38CDC1 #7738CD #CD3843

square

#8ECD38 #38CDC1 #7738CD #CD3843

split-complementary

#8ECD38 #3843CD #C138CD

monochromatic

#4C6F1C #6DA028 #8ECD38 #AAD969 #C6E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#8ECD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#8ECD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECD38

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECD38	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)

#D6BE1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92C4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.186 130.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4dc78',
    500: '#8ecd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecd38;
$custom-light: #b4dc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.369,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77787,
    "c": 0.18628,
    "h": 130
  },
  "luminance": 0.49699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECD38

secondary

#AB8FD1

accent

#45E388

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#12150A

muted

#81837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECD38

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

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