#8CCA42#8CCA42

#8CCA42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.177 H 130.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCA42
RGB	rgb(140, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(87, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -40.92, 59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 71.84, 124.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.1155 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.177 130.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9188, 48.2088, 12.7240)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCA42 #8042CA

analogous

#CAC442 #8CCA42 #48CA42

triadic

#8CCA42 #428CCA #CA428C

tetradic

#8CCA42 #42CAC4 #8042CA #CA4248

square

#8CCA42 #42CAC4 #8042CA #CA4248

split-complementary

#8CCA42 #4248CA #C442CA

monochromatic

#4C7220 #6DA22D #8CCA42 #A9D772 #C6E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#8CCA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#8CCA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCA42

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCA42	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.177 130.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2da7d',
    500: '#8cca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cca42;
$custom-light: #b2da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.353,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77025,
    "c": 0.17714,
    "h": 130.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCA42

secondary

#B196D1

accent

#48DF8D

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCA42

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

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