#8CDF42#8CDF42

#8CDF42 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.203 H 133.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CDF42
RGB	rgb(140, 223, 66)
HSL	hsl(92, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(92, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 0%, 70.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -49.81, 65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 82.22, 127.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.1398 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.203 133.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1856, 58.7424, 14.4796)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CDF42 #9542DF

analogous

#DADF42 #8CDF42 #42DF47

triadic

#8CDF42 #428CDF #DF428C

tetradic

#8CDF42 #42DADF #9542DF #DF4742

square

#8CDF42 #42DADF #9542DF #DF4742

split-complementary

#8CDF42 #4742DF #DF42DA

monochromatic

#508E18 #6DC321 #8CDF42 #ACE876 #CCF1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#8CDF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#8CDF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CDF42

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CDF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CDF42	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CE28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8CD6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cdf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 223, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.203 133.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3e97f',
    500: '#8cdf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cdf42;
$custom-light: #b3e97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cdf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.72,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82075,
    "c": 0.20328,
    "h": 133.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CDF42

secondary

#653294

accent

#3AEE99

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FDF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#12160B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CDF42

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

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