#8ACE42#8ACE42

#8ACE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.183 H 131.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ACE42
RGB	rgb(138, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(89, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(89, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -43.37, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 74.14, 125.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.1221 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.183 131.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5355, 49.9380, 13.0253)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8ACE42 #8642CE

analogous

#CECC42 #8ACE42 #44CE42

triadic

#8ACE42 #428ACE #CE428A

tetradic

#8ACE42 #42CECC #8642CE #CE4244

square

#8ACE42 #42CECC #8642CE #CE4244

split-complementary

#8ACE42 #4244CE #CC42CE

monochromatic

#4C771F #6BA72B #8ACE42 #A8DB73 #C6E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#8ACE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#8ACE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ACE42

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ACE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ACE42	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ace42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.183 131.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dd7e',
    500: '#8ace42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ace42;
$custom-light: #b1dd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ace42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77871,
    "c": 0.18321,
    "h": 131.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ACE42

secondary

#B598D4

accent

#46E292

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FBEF

border

#D0D4CA

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ACE42

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

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