#8DC042#8DC042

#8DC042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.164 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DC042
RGB	rgb(141, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(84, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(84, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -36.09, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 66.63, 122.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.1024 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.164 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8174, 43.7546, 11.9750)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DC042 #7542C0

analogous

#C0B442 #8DC042 #4EC042

triadic

#8DC042 #428DC0 #C0428D

tetradic

#8DC042 #42C0B4 #7542C0 #C0424E

square

#8DC042 #42C0B4 #7542C0 #C0424E

split-complementary

#8DC042 #424EC0 #B442C0

monochromatic

#4A6622 #6C9431 #8DC042 #A9CF70 #C4DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8DC042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#8DC042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DC042

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DC042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DC042	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dc042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.164 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d37c',
    500: '#8dc042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dc042;
$custom-light: #b2d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dc042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.286,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7469,
    "c": 0.16381,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DC042

secondary

#AA93CB

accent

#4EDA87

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#11140A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DC042

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

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