#8DCA42#8DCA42

#8DCA42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.177 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DCA42
RGB	rgb(141, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(87, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -40.56, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 71.69, 124.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.1146 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.177 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0882, 48.2961, 12.7320)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DCA42 #7F42CA

analogous

#CAC342 #8DCA42 #49CA42

triadic

#8DCA42 #428DCA #CA428D

tetradic

#8DCA42 #42CAC3 #7F42CA #CA4249

square

#8DCA42 #42CAC3 #7F42CA #CA4249

split-complementary

#8DCA42 #4249CA #C342CA

monochromatic

#4D7220 #6DA22D #8DCA42 #AAD772 #C7E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#8DCA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#8DCA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DCA42

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DCA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DCA42	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.177 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2da7d',
    500: '#8dca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dca42;
$custom-light: #b2da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.912,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77084,
    "c": 0.17664,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DCA42

secondary

#B196D1

accent

#48DF8C

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DCA42

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

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