#8AC042#8AC042

#8AC042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.165 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AC042
RGB	rgb(138, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(86, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(86, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -37.22, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 67.05, 123.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.1053 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.165 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3141, 43.4951, 11.9514)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AC042 #7842C0

analogous

#C0B742 #8AC042 #4BC042

triadic

#8AC042 #428AC0 #C0428A

tetradic

#8AC042 #42C0B7 #7842C0 #C0424B

square

#8AC042 #42C0B7 #7842C0 #C0424B

split-complementary

#8AC042 #424BC0 #B742C0

monochromatic

#496622 #699431 #8AC042 #A6CF70 #C3DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#8AC042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#8AC042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AC042

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AC042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AC042	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EB8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ac042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.165 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d37c',
    500: '#8ac042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ac042;
$custom-light: #b0d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ac042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74502,
    "c": 0.1653,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AC042

secondary

#AB93CB

accent

#4EDA8A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#11140A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AC042

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →