#8AD042#8AD042

#8AD042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.186 H 132.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AD042
RGB	rgb(138, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(90, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(90, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.7%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -44.23, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 75.14, 126.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.1245 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.186 132.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0201, 50.9071, 13.1868)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AD042 #8842D0

analogous

#D0CF42 #8AD042 #43D042

triadic

#8AD042 #428AD0 #D0428A

tetradic

#8AD042 #42D0CF #8842D0 #D04243

square

#8AD042 #42D0CF #8842D0 #D04243

split-complementary

#8AD042 #4243D0 #CF42D0

monochromatic

#4C791E #6BAA2A #8AD042 #A8DC73 #C7E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#8AD042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#8AD042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AD042

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AD042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AD042	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CC8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ad042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.186 132.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1df7e',
    500: '#8ad042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ad042;
$custom-light: #b1df7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ad042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.577,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78353,
    "c": 0.18574,
    "h": 132.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AD042

secondary

#5B3581

accent

#44E393

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#11150A

muted

#81847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AD042

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

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