#8CCC42#8CCC42

#8CCC42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.180 H 131.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCC42
RGB	rgb(140, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(88, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(88, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -41.79, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 72.84, 125.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.1179 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.18 131)
XYZ	xyz(33.3911, 49.1534, 12.8815)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCC42 #8242CC

analogous

#CCC742 #8CCC42 #47CC42

triadic

#8CCC42 #428CCC #CC428C

tetradic

#8CCC42 #42CCC7 #8242CC #CC4247

square

#8CCC42 #42CCC7 #8242CC #CC4247

split-complementary

#8CCC42 #4247CC #C742CC

monochromatic

#4D741F #6DA42C #8CCC42 #A9D972 #C7E6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#8CCC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#8CCC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCC42

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCC42	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ccc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.180 131.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2dc7e',
    500: '#8ccc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ccc42;
$custom-light: #b2dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ccc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.826,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77505,
    "c": 0.17968,
    "h": 131
  },
  "luminance": 0.49155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCC42

secondary

#B397D3

accent

#47E18E

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCC42

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

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