#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
RGB	rgb(139, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(88, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(88, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -42.59, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 73.49, 125.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.12 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.181 131.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4618, 49.5438, 12.9531)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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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
##8BCD42	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8BCD42

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

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