#8ECD4E#8ECD4E

#8ECD4E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.171 H 131.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECD4E
RGB	rgb(142, 205, 78)
HSL	hsl(90, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(90, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.05, -40.56, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.05, 68.59, 126.25°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.1137 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.171 131.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3614, 49.9623, 15.0395)
Luminance	0.4996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECD4E #8D4ECD

analogous

#CDCD4E #8ECD4E #4ECD4E

triadic

#8ECD4E #4E8ECD #CD4E8E

tetradic

#8ECD4E #4ECDCD #8D4ECD #CD4E4E

square

#8ECD4E #4ECDCD #8D4ECD #CD4E4E

split-complementary

#8ECD4E #4E4ECD #CD4ECD

monochromatic

#517D23 #6FAD31 #8ECD4E #ACDA7E #CBE8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#8ECD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#8ECD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECD4E

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECD4E	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)

#D5BF3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 205, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.171 131.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3dc85',
    500: '#8ecd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecd4e;
$custom-light: #b3dc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.764,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77971,
    "c": 0.17111,
    "h": 131.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECD4E

secondary

#BBA1D6

accent

#49DF93

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FBEF

border

#D0D4CA

text

#11150B

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECD4E

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

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