#8ED72E#8ED72E

#8ED72E is a light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.203 H 131.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ED72E
RGB	rgb(142, 215, 46)
HSL	hsl(86, 68%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(86, 79%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 0%, 78.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -46.94, 69.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 83.99, 123.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.1335 0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.203 131)
XYZ	xyz(35.9486, 54.5476, 11.2189)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ED72E #772ED7

analogous

#D7CB2E #8ED72E #39D72E

triadic

#8ED72E #2E8ED7 #D72E8E

tetradic

#8ED72E #2ED7CB #772ED7 #D72E39

square

#8ED72E #2ED7CB #772ED7 #D72E39

split-complementary

#8ED72E #2E39D7 #CB2ED7

monochromatic

#4C7416 #6DA820 #8ED72E #AAE161 #C6EB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#8ED72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#8ED72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ED72E

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ED72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ED72E	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91CEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ed72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 215, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.203 131.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5e475',
    500: '#8ed72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ed72e;
$custom-light: #b5e475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ed72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.917,
    "s": 67.871,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80131,
    "c": 0.20347,
    "h": 131
  },
  "luminance": 0.54549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ED72E

secondary

#4F2C7D

accent

#3DEB88

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF1

border

#D1D5CB

text

#121509

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ED72E

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

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