#8ADD42#8ADD42

#8ADD42 is a light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.202 H 133.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ADD42
RGB	rgb(138, 221, 66)
HSL	hsl(92, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(92, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 0%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -49.66, 64.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 81.55, 127.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.1392 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.202 133.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3204, 57.5078, 14.2869)
Luminance	0.5751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ADD42 #9542DD

analogous

#D8DD42 #8ADD42 #42DD48

triadic

#8ADD42 #428ADD #DD428A

tetradic

#8ADD42 #42D8DD #9542DD #DD4842

square

#8ADD42 #42D8DD #9542DD #DD4842

split-complementary

#8ADD42 #4842DD #DD42D8

monochromatic

#4E8C19 #6BBF22 #8ADD42 #AAE676 #CAF0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#8ADD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#8ADD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ADD42

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ADD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ADD42	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8AD4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8add42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 221, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.202 133.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e87f',
    500: '#8add42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8add42;
$custom-light: #b2e87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8add42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.129,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81489,
    "c": 0.20185,
    "h": 133.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ADD42

secondary

#653291

accent

#3BEC9A

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#11160B

muted

#81847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ADD42

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

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