#8DCC42#8DCC42

#8DCC42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.179 H 130.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DCC42
RGB	rgb(141, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(87, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -41.43, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 72.69, 124.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.117 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.179 130.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5605, 49.2407, 12.8894)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DCC42 #8142CC

analogous

#CCC642 #8DCC42 #48CC42

triadic

#8DCC42 #428DCC #CC428D

tetradic

#8DCC42 #42CCC6 #8142CC #CC4248

square

#8DCC42 #42CCC6 #8142CC #CC4248

split-complementary

#8DCC42 #4248CC #C642CC

monochromatic

#4D741F #6EA42C #8DCC42 #AAD972 #C7E6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#8DCC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#8DCC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DCC42

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DCC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DCC42	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dcc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.179 130.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3dc7e',
    500: '#8dcc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dcc42;
$custom-light: #b3dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dcc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.391,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77564,
    "c": 0.17917,
    "h": 130.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DCC42

secondary

#B297D3

accent

#47E18D

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DCC42

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

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