#8CD542#8CD542

#8CD542 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.191 H 132.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD542
RGB	rgb(140, 213, 66)
HSL	hsl(90, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(90, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.3%, 0%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -45.65, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 77.32, 126.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.1285 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.191 132.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5924, 53.5559, 13.6152)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD542 #8B42D5

analogous

#D5D442 #8CD542 #43D542

triadic

#8CD542 #428CD5 #D5428C

tetradic

#8CD542 #42D5D4 #8B42D5 #D54243

square

#8CD542 #42D5D4 #8B42D5 #D54243

split-complementary

#8CD542 #4243D5 #D442D5

monochromatic

#4F801C #6DB228 #8CD542 #AAE074 #C9EBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#8CD542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#8CD542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD542

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD542	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC52B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8ECCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 213, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.191 132.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e27e',
    500: '#8cd542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd542;
$custom-light: #b3e27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.796,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79669,
    "c": 0.19098,
    "h": 132.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD542

secondary

#5D3487

accent

#41E793

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#11150A

muted

#81847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD542

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

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