#8ECD49#8ECD49

#8ECD49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.175 H 131.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECD49
RGB	rgb(142, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(89, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(89, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -40.98, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 70.50, 125.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.1153 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.175 131.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1889, 49.8934, 14.1311)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECD49 #8849CD

analogous

#CDCA49 #8ECD49 #4CCD49

triadic

#8ECD49 #498ECD #CD498E

tetradic

#8ECD49 #49CDCA #8849CD #CD494C

square

#8ECD49 #49CDCA #8849CD #CD494C

split-complementary

#8ECD49 #494CCD #CA49CD

monochromatic

#507A22 #6FAA2F #8ECD49 #ACDA79 #CAE7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#8ECD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#8ECD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECD49

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECD49	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.175 131.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3dc82',
    500: '#8ecd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecd49;
$custom-light: #b3dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.636,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77923,
    "c": 0.17494,
    "h": 131.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECD49

secondary

#B89DD5

accent

#48E090

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FBEF

border

#D0D4CA

text

#11150B

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECD49

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

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