#8ECE40#8ECE40

#8ECE40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.183 H 130.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECE40
RGB	rgb(142, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(87, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 0%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -42.08, 61.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 74.24, 124.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.119 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.183 130.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1518, 50.2625, 12.7517)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECE40 #8040CE

analogous

#CEC740 #8ECE40 #47CE40

triadic

#8ECE40 #408ECE #CE408E

tetradic

#8ECE40 #40CEC7 #8040CE #CE4047

square

#8ECE40 #40CEC7 #8040CE #CE4047

split-complementary

#8ECE40 #4047CE #C740CE

monochromatic

#4E751E #6EA62B #8ECE40 #ABDA71 #C8E7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#8ECE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#8ECE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECE40

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECE40	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91C5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ece40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.183 130.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3dd7d',
    500: '#8ece40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ece40;
$custom-light: #b3dd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ece40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.042,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78085,
    "c": 0.18253,
    "h": 130.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECE40

secondary

#55347E

accent

#45E28C

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#11150A

muted

#81847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECE40

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

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