#8CC542#8CC542

#8CC542 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.171 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC542
RGB	rgb(140, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(86, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(86, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 0%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -38.71, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 69.31, 123.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.1095 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.171 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7646, 45.9004, 12.3393)
Luminance	0.4590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC542 #7B42C5

analogous

#C5BD42 #8CC542 #4BC542

triadic

#8CC542 #428CC5 #C5428C

tetradic

#8CC542 #42C5BD #7B42C5 #C5424B

square

#8CC542 #42C5BD #7B42C5 #C5424B

split-complementary

#8CC542 #424BC5 #BD42C5

monochromatic

#4B6C21 #6C9A2F #8CC542 #A8D371 #C5E2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#8CC542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#8CC542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC542

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC542	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FBDAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.171 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d77d',
    500: '#8cc542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc542;
$custom-light: #b1d77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.107,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75825,
    "c": 0.17074,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC542

secondary

#AE95CE

accent

#4BDC8A

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FAEE

border

#D0D3C9

text

#11140A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC542

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

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