#8ECD4D#8ECD4D

#8ECD4D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.172 H 131.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECD4D
RGB	rgb(142, 205, 77)
HSL	hsl(90, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(90, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -40.65, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 68.98, 126.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.114 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.172 131.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3258, 49.9481, 14.8521)
Luminance	0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECD4D #8C4DCD

analogous

#CDCC4D #8ECD4D #4ECD4D

triadic

#8ECD4D #4D8ECD #CD4D8E

tetradic

#8ECD4D #4DCDCC #8C4DCD #CD4D4E

square

#8ECD4D #4DCDCC #8C4DCD #CD4D4E

split-complementary

#8ECD4D #4D4ECD #CC4DCD

monochromatic

#517D23 #6FAC30 #8ECD4D #ACDA7D #CBE8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#8ECD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#8ECD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECD4D

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECD4D	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecd4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 205, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.172 131.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3dc84',
    500: '#8ecd4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecd4d;
$custom-light: #b3dc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecd4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.531,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77961,
    "c": 0.1719,
    "h": 131.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECD4D

secondary

#BAA0D6

accent

#48DF93

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FBEF

border

#D0D4CA

text

#11150B

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECD4D

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

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