#8BCD42#8BCD42

#8BCD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.181 H 131.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8BCD42
RGBrgb(139, 205, 66)
HSLhsl(88, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(88, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(32.2%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(75.79, -42.59, 59.89)
CIE-LCHlch(75.79, 73.49, 125.41°)
OKLaboklab(77.69% -0.12 0.1361)
OKLCHoklch(77.69% 0.181 131.4)
XYZxyz(33.4618, 49.5438, 12.9531)
Luminance0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8BCD42 #8442CD
analogous
#CDC942 #8BCD42 #45CD42
triadic
#8BCD42 #428BCD #CD428B
tetradic
#8BCD42 #42CDC9 #8442CD #CD4245
square
#8BCD42 #42CDC9 #8442CD #CD4245
split-complementary
#8BCD42 #4245CD #C942CD
monochromatic
#4C761F #6CA62C #8BCD42 #A9DA72 #C6E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93
#8BCD42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91
#8BCD42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BCD42
10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8BCD42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8BCD421.001.9310.9110.91
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9121.001.001.00
##00000010.9121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BE2E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDB94E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8DC5B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8bcd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.181 131.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1dc7e',
    500: '#8bcd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8bcd42;
$custom-light: #b1dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8bcd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.489,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77688,
    "c": 0.18144,
    "h": 131.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8BCD42
secondary
#B497D3
accent
#46E190
background
#FBFDF8
surface
#F6FBEF
border
#D0D4CA
text
#11150A
muted
#80837C

Preview Lab

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#8BCD42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva