#8CD042#8CD042

#8CD042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.185 H 131.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD042
RGB	rgb(140, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(89, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(89, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -43.52, 60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 74.84, 125.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.1227 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.185 131.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3541, 51.0793, 13.2024)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD042 #8642D0

analogous

#D0CD42 #8CD042 #45D042

triadic

#8CD042 #428CD0 #D0428C

tetradic

#8CD042 #42D0CD #8642D0 #D04245

square

#8CD042 #42D0CD #8642D0 #D04245

split-complementary

#8CD042 #4245D0 #CD42D0

monochromatic

#4E791E #6DAA2A #8CD042 #AADC73 #C8E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8CD042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#8CD042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD042

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD042	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EC8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.185 131.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2df7e',
    500: '#8cd042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd042;
$custom-light: #b2df7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.732,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78466,
    "c": 0.18472,
    "h": 131.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD042

secondary

#593581

accent

#44E391

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#11150A

muted

#81847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD042

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

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