#8ECD4A#8ECD4A

#8ECD4A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.174 H 131.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECD4A
RGB	rgb(142, 205, 74)
HSL	hsl(89, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(89, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -40.90, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 70.12, 125.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.115 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.174 131.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.2223, 49.9067, 14.3071)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECD4A #894ACD

analogous

#CDCB4A #8ECD4A #4DCD4A

triadic

#8ECD4A #4A8ECD #CD4A8E

tetradic

#8ECD4A #4ACDCB #894ACD #CD4A4D

square

#8ECD4A #4ACDCB #894ACD #CD4A4D

split-complementary

#8ECD4A #4A4DCD #CB4ACD

monochromatic

#507B22 #6FAB2F #8ECD4A #ACDA7A #CAE7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#8ECD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#8ECD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECD4A

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECD4A	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)

#D6BE3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 205, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.174 131.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3dc82',
    500: '#8ecd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecd4a;
$custom-light: #b3dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.855,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77932,
    "c": 0.17419,
    "h": 131.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECD4A

secondary

#B89ED5

accent

#48E091

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FBEF

border

#D0D4CA

text

#11150B

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECD4A

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

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