#8CD942#8CD942

#8CD942 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.196 H 132.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CD942
RGB	rgb(140, 217, 66)
HSL	hsl(91, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(91, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -47.33, 63.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 79.29, 126.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.133 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.196 132.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6109, 55.5930, 13.9547)
Luminance	0.5560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CD942 #8F42D9

analogous

#D8D942 #8CD942 #42D943

triadic

#8CD942 #428CD9 #D9428C

tetradic

#8CD942 #42D8D9 #8F42D9 #D94342

square

#8CD942 #42D8D9 #8F42D9 #D94342

split-complementary

#8CD942 #4342D9 #D942D8

monochromatic

#4F861B #6DB925 #8CD942 #ABE375 #CAEDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#8CD942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#8CD942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CD942

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CD942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CD942	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DD0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cd942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 217, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.196 132.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e57f',
    500: '#8cd942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cd942;
$custom-light: #b3e57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cd942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.596,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80631,
    "c": 0.19593,
    "h": 132.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CD942

secondary

#60338C

accent

#3EE996

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#11160B

muted

#81847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CD942

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

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