#8CD442#8CD442

#8CD442 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.190 H 132.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD442
RGB	rgb(140, 212, 66)
HSL	hsl(90, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(90, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(34%, 0%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -45.23, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 76.83, 126.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.1273 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.19 132.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3416, 53.0544, 13.5316)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD442 #8A42D4

analogous

#D4D342 #8CD442 #43D442

triadic

#8CD442 #428CD4 #D4428C

tetradic

#8CD442 #42D4D3 #8A42D4 #D44243

square

#8CD442 #42D4D3 #8A42D4 #D44243

split-complementary

#8CD442 #4243D4 #D342D4

monochromatic

#4E7F1D #6DB128 #8CD442 #AADF74 #C9EBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#8CD442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#8CD442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD442

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD442	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ECBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 212, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.190 132.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2e17e',
    500: '#8cd442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd442;
$custom-light: #b2e17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.589,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79428,
    "c": 0.18973,
    "h": 132.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD442

secondary

#5D3486

accent

#42E693

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#11150A

muted

#81847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD442

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

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