#8CEA42#8CEA42

#8CEA42 is a very light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.217 H 134.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CEA42
RGB	rgb(140, 234, 66)
HSL	hsl(94, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(94, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 0%, 71.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, -54.23, 68.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 87.51, 128.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% -0.1517 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.217 134.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2206, 64.8123, 15.4913)
Luminance	0.6481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8CEA42 #A042EA

analogous

#E0EA42 #8CEA42 #42EA4C

triadic

#8CEA42 #428CEA #EA428C

tetradic

#8CEA42 #42E0EA #A042EA #EA4C42

square

#8CEA42 #42E0EA #A042EA #EA4C42

split-complementary

#8CEA42 #4C42EA #EA42E0

monochromatic

#50A012 #6CD718 #8CEA42 #AEF079 #CFF6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#8CEA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#8CEA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CEA42

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CEA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CEA42	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8BE1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cea42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 234, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.217 134.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4f181',
    500: '#8cea42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cea42;
$custom-light: #b4f181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cea42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.571,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84723,
    "c": 0.21651,
    "h": 134.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CEA42

secondary

#6F2EA2

accent

#31F6A0

background

#FDFFFB

surface

#F8FEF2

border

#D1D6CC

text

#12170B

muted

#82857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CEA42

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

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