#8ECD40#8ECD40

#8ECD40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.181 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECD40
RGB	rgb(142, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(87, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -41.65, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 73.75, 124.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.1178 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.181 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9118, 49.7825, 12.6718)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECD40 #7F40CD

analogous

#CDC640 #8ECD40 #47CD40

triadic

#8ECD40 #408ECD #CD408E

tetradic

#8ECD40 #40CDC6 #7F40CD #CD4047

square

#8ECD40 #40CDC6 #7F40CD #CD4047

split-complementary

#8ECD40 #4047CD #C640CD

monochromatic

#4E741E #6EA52B #8ECD40 #ABDA71 #C7E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#8ECD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#8ECD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECD40

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECD40	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91C4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.181 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3dc7d',
    500: '#8ecd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecd40;
$custom-light: #b3dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.809,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77846,
    "c": 0.18129,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECD40

secondary

#B196D3

accent

#46E28C

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECD40

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

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