#8CC042#8CC042

#8CC042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.164 H 129.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC042
RGB	rgb(140, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(85, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(85, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -36.47, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 66.77, 123.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.1034 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.164 129)
XYZ	xyz(30.6481, 43.6673, 11.9671)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC042 #7642C0

analogous

#C0B542 #8CC042 #4DC042

triadic

#8CC042 #428CC0 #C0428C

tetradic

#8CC042 #42C0B5 #7642C0 #C0424D

square

#8CC042 #42C0B5 #7642C0 #C0424D

split-complementary

#8CC042 #424DC0 #B542C0

monochromatic

#4A6622 #6B9431 #8CC042 #A8CF70 #C4DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8CC042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#8CC042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC042

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC042	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90B8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.164 129.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d37c',
    500: '#8cc042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc042;
$custom-light: #b1d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.762,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74627,
    "c": 0.1643,
    "h": 129
  },
  "luminance": 0.43668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC042

secondary

#AA93CB

accent

#4EDA88

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#11140A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC042

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

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