#8ACC42#8ACC42

#8ACC42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.181 H 131.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ACC42
RGB	rgb(138, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(89, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(89, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -42.51, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 73.14, 125.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.1198 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.181 131.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0571, 48.9812, 12.8658)
Luminance	0.4898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ACC42 #8442CC

analogous

#CCC942 #8ACC42 #45CC42

triadic

#8ACC42 #428ACC #CC428A

tetradic

#8ACC42 #42CCC9 #8442CC #CC4245

square

#8ACC42 #42CCC9 #8442CC #CC4245

split-complementary

#8ACC42 #4245CC #C942CC

monochromatic

#4C741F #6BA42C #8ACC42 #A8D972 #C6E6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#8ACC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#8ACC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ACC42

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ACC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ACC42	1.00	1.95	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8acc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.181 131.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dc7e',
    500: '#8acc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8acc42;
$custom-light: #b1dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8acc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.696,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7739,
    "c": 0.18069,
    "h": 131.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ACC42

secondary

#B497D3

accent

#47E191

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ACC42

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

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