#8DCD42#8DCD42

#8DCD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.180 H 130.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DCD42
RGB	rgb(141, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(88, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(88, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -41.87, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 73.19, 124.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.1182 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.18 130.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.7989, 49.7176, 12.9689)
Luminance	0.4972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DCD42 #8242CD

analogous

#CDC742 #8DCD42 #47CD42

triadic

#8DCD42 #428DCD #CD428D

tetradic

#8DCD42 #42CDC7 #8242CD #CD4247

square

#8DCD42 #42CDC7 #8242CD #CD4247

split-complementary

#8DCD42 #4247CD #C742CD

monochromatic

#4E761F #6EA62C #8DCD42 #AADA72 #C7E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#8DCD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#8DCD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DCD42

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DCD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DCD42	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dcd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.180 130.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3dc7e',
    500: '#8dcd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dcd42;
$custom-light: #b3dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dcd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.626,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77803,
    "c": 0.18044,
    "h": 130.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DCD42

secondary

#B397D3

accent

#46E18E

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FBEF

border

#D0D4CA

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DCD42

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

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