#8BC242#8BC242

#8BC242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.167 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC242
RGB	rgb(139, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(86, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(86, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -37.74, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 67.93, 123.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.1068 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.167 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9224, 44.4651, 12.1066)
Luminance	0.4447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC242 #7942C2

analogous

#C2B942 #8BC242 #4BC242

triadic

#8BC242 #428BC2 #C2428B

tetradic

#8BC242 #42C2B9 #7942C2 #C2424B

square

#8BC242 #42C2B9 #7942C2 #C2424B

split-complementary

#8BC242 #424BC2 #B942C2

monochromatic

#4A6822 #6B9631 #8BC242 #A7D170 #C4E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#8BC242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#8BC242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC242

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC242	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FBAA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.167 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d47d',
    500: '#8bc242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc242;
$custom-light: #b1d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.781,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75044,
    "c": 0.16739,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC242

secondary

#AC94CC

accent

#4DDB8A

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FAEE

border

#D0D3C9

text

#11140A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC242

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

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