#8ECD3B#8ECD3B

#8ECD3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.184 H 130.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECD3B
RGB	rgb(142, 205, 59)
HSL	hsl(86, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(86, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -41.98, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 75.44, 123.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.1191 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.184 130.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.7759, 49.7281, 11.9558)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECD3B #7A3BCD

analogous

#CDC33B #8ECD3B #45CD3B

triadic

#8ECD3B #3B8ECD #CD3B8E

tetradic

#8ECD3B #3BCDC3 #7A3BCD #CD3B45

square

#8ECD3B #3BCDC3 #7A3BCD #CD3B45

split-complementary

#8ECD3B #3B45CD #C33BCD

monochromatic

#4D711D #6EA229 #8ECD3B #AAD96C #C6E69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#8ECD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#8ECD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECD3B

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECD3B	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91C4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 205, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.184 130.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4dc7a',
    500: '#8ecd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecd3b;
$custom-light: #b4dc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.89,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77808,
    "c": 0.18448,
    "h": 130.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECD3B

secondary

#AE92D2

accent

#45E389

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECD3B

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

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