#8DCE42#8DCE42

#8DCE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.182 H 131.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8DCE42
RGB	rgb(141, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(88, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(88, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -42.30, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 73.69, 125.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.1194 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.182 131.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0389, 50.1975, 13.0489)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8DCE42 #8342CE

analogous

#CEC942 #8DCE42 #47CE42

triadic

#8DCE42 #428DCE #CE428D

tetradic

#8DCE42 #42CEC9 #8342CE #CE4247

square

#8DCE42 #42CEC9 #8342CE #CE4247

split-complementary

#8DCE42 #4247CE #C942CE

monochromatic

#4E771F #6EA72B #8DCE42 #AADB73 #C8E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#8DCE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#8DCE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8DCE42

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8DCE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8DCE42	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C6B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8dce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.182 131.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3dd7e',
    500: '#8dce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8dce42;
$custom-light: #b3dd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8dce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78043,
    "c": 0.1817,
    "h": 131.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8DCE42

secondary

#57357F

accent

#46E28E

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#11150A

muted

#81847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8DCE42

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

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