#8CD242#8CD242

#8CD242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.187 H 131.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD242
RGB	rgb(140, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(89, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(89, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -44.38, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 75.83, 125.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.125 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.187 131.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8448, 52.0607, 13.3660)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD242 #8842D2

analogous

#D2D042 #8CD242 #44D242

triadic

#8CD242 #428CD2 #D2428C

tetradic

#8CD242 #42D2D0 #8842D2 #D24244

square

#8CD242 #42D2D0 #8842D2 #D24244

split-complementary

#8CD242 #4244D2 #D042D2

monochromatic

#4E7C1E #6DAD29 #8CD242 #AADE73 #C8EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#8CD242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#8CD242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD242

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD242	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ECAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.187 131.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e07e',
    500: '#8cd242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd242;
$custom-light: #b2e07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.167,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78947,
    "c": 0.18723,
    "h": 131.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD242

secondary

#5B3484

accent

#43E592

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#11150A

muted

#81847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD242

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

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