#8CCD42#8CCD42

#8CCD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.181 H 131.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CCD42
RGB	rgb(140, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(88, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(88, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -42.23, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 73.34, 125.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.1191 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.181 131.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6296, 49.6303, 12.9609)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CCD42 #8342CD

analogous

#CDC942 #8CCD42 #46CD42

triadic

#8CCD42 #428CCD #CD428C

tetradic

#8CCD42 #42CDC9 #8342CD #CD4246

square

#8CCD42 #42CDC9 #8342CD #CD4246

split-complementary

#8CCD42 #4246CD #C942CD

monochromatic

#4D761F #6DA62C #8CCD42 #A9DA72 #C7E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#8CCD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#8CCD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CCD42

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CCD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CCD42	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FC5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ccd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.181 131.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2dc7e',
    500: '#8ccd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ccd42;
$custom-light: #b2dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ccd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.058,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77745,
    "c": 0.18095,
    "h": 131.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CCD42

secondary

#B397D3

accent

#46E18F

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FBEF

border

#D0D4CA

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CCD42

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

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