#8ACA42#8ACA42

#8ACA42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.178 H 131.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ACA42
RGB	rgb(138, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(88, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(88, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.85, -41.64, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.85, 72.13, 125.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.1174 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.178 131.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.5848, 48.0366, 12.7084)
Luminance	0.4804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ACA42 #8242CA

analogous

#CAC642 #8ACA42 #46CA42

triadic

#8ACA42 #428ACA #CA428A

tetradic

#8ACA42 #42CAC6 #8242CA #CA4246

square

#8ACA42 #42CAC6 #8242CA #CA4246

split-complementary

#8ACA42 #4246CA #C642CA

monochromatic

#4B7220 #6BA22D #8ACA42 #A8D772 #C5E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#8ACA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#8ACA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ACA42

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ACA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ACA42	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8aca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.178 131.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0da7d',
    500: '#8aca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8aca42;
$custom-light: #b0da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8aca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.235,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76908,
    "c": 0.17815,
    "h": 131.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ACA42

secondary

#B296D1

accent

#48DF8F

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ACA42

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

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