#8CD842#8CD842

#8CD842 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.195 H 132.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD842
RGB	rgb(140, 216, 66)
HSL	hsl(90, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(90, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 0%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -46.91, 63.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 78.80, 126.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.1319 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.195 132.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3540, 55.0790, 13.8691)
Luminance	0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD842 #8E42D8

analogous

#D7D842 #8CD842 #42D843

triadic

#8CD842 #428CD8 #D8428C

tetradic

#8CD842 #42D7D8 #8E42D8 #D84342

square

#8CD842 #42D7D8 #8E42D8 #D84342

split-complementary

#8CD842 #4342D8 #D842D7

monochromatic

#4F841B #6DB726 #8CD842 #ABE275 #CAEDA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#8CD842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#8CD842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD842

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD842	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C82A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DCFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 216, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.195 132.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e47f',
    500: '#8cd842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd842;
$custom-light: #b3e47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8039,
    "c": 0.1947,
    "h": 132.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD842

secondary

#60338B

accent

#3FE995

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#11150B

muted

#81847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD842

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

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