#8CC942#8CC942

#8CC942 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.176 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CC942
RGB	rgb(140, 201, 66)
HSL	hsl(87, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(87, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 0%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -40.48, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 71.33, 124.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.1144 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.176 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6850, 47.7411, 12.6461)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CC942 #7F42C9

analogous

#C9C342 #8CC942 #48C942

triadic

#8CC942 #428CC9 #C9428C

tetradic

#8CC942 #42C9C3 #7F42C9 #C94248

square

#8CC942 #42C9C3 #7F42C9 #C94248

split-complementary

#8CC942 #4248C9 #C342C9

monochromatic

#4C7020 #6CA02E #8CC942 #A9D772 #C6E4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#8CC942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#8CC942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CC942

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CC942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CC942	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cc942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 201, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.176 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d97d',
    500: '#8cc942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cc942;
$custom-light: #b2d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cc942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76785,
    "c": 0.17587,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CC942

secondary

#B196D1

accent

#49DF8D

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FAEE

border

#D0D3C9

text

#11140A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CC942

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

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