#8ED940#8ED940

#8ED940 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.196 H 132.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ED940
RGB	rgb(142, 217, 64)
HSL	hsl(89, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(89, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.6%, 0%, 70.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -46.77, 64.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 79.65, 125.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.1318 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.196 132.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8931, 55.7452, 13.6655)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ED940 #8B40D9

analogous

#D9D840 #8ED940 #41D940

triadic

#8ED940 #408ED9 #D9408E

tetradic

#8ED940 #40D9D8 #8B40D9 #D94041

square

#8ED940 #40D9D8 #8B40D9 #D94041

split-complementary

#8ED940 #4041D9 #D840D9

monochromatic

#50841A #6FB724 #8ED940 #ACE373 #CAEDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#8ED940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#8ED940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ED940

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ED940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ED940	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90D0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ed940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 217, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.196 132.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4e57e',
    500: '#8ed940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ed940;
$custom-light: #b4e57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ed940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.412,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80725,
    "c": 0.19618,
    "h": 132.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ED940

secondary

#5E328B

accent

#3EEA92

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#12160A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ED940

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

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