#8EDD40#8EDD40

#8EDD40 is a light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.201 H 132.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EDD40
RGB	rgb(142, 221, 64)
HSL	hsl(90, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(90, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 0%, 71%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -48.44, 65.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 81.59, 126.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.1363 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.201 132.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9367, 57.8322, 14.0134)
Luminance	0.5783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EDD40 #8F40DD

analogous

#DDDD40 #8EDD40 #40DD40

triadic

#8EDD40 #408EDD #DD408E

tetradic

#8EDD40 #40DDDD #8F40DD #DD4040

square

#8EDD40 #40DDDD #8F40DD #DD4040

split-complementary

#8EDD40 #4040DD #DD40DD

monochromatic

#518A19 #6FBE22 #8EDD40 #ADE674 #CBEFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#8EDD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#8EDD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EDD40

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EDD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EDD40	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FD4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8edd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 221, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.201 132.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5e87e',
    500: '#8edd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8edd40;
$custom-light: #b5e87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8edd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.191,
    "s": 69.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81685,
    "c": 0.20106,
    "h": 132.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EDD40

secondary

#613190

accent

#3BED94

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#12160B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EDD40

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

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