#8ACD42#8ACD42

#8ACD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.182 H 131.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ACD42
RGB	rgb(138, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(89, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(89, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -42.94, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 73.64, 125.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.121 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.182 131.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2956, 49.4581, 12.9453)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ACD42 #8542CD

analogous

#CDCB42 #8ACD42 #44CD42

triadic

#8ACD42 #428ACD #CD428A

tetradic

#8ACD42 #42CDCB #8542CD #CD4244

square

#8ACD42 #42CDCB #8542CD #CD4244

split-complementary

#8ACD42 #4244CD #CB42CD

monochromatic

#4C761F #6BA62C #8ACD42 #A8DA72 #C6E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#8ACD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#8ACD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ACD42

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ACD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ACD42	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8acd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.182 131.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dc7e',
    500: '#8acd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8acd42;
$custom-light: #b1dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8acd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.921,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7763,
    "c": 0.18196,
    "h": 131.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ACD42

secondary

#B497D3

accent

#46E191

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FBEF

border

#D0D4CA

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ACD42

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

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