#8EC042#8EC042

#8EC042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.163 H 128.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC042
RGB	rgb(142, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(84, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(84, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -35.71, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 66.50, 122.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.1014 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.163 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9883, 43.8427, 11.9831)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC042 #7442C0

analogous

#C0B342 #8EC042 #4FC042

triadic

#8EC042 #428EC0 #C0428E

tetradic

#8EC042 #42C0B3 #7442C0 #C0424F

square

#8EC042 #42C0B3 #7442C0 #C0424F

split-complementary

#8EC042 #424FC0 #B342C0

monochromatic

#4B6622 #6D9431 #8EC042 #A9CF70 #C5DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#8EC042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#8EC042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC042

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC042	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.163 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d37c',
    500: '#8ec042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec042;
$custom-light: #b2d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.81,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74753,
    "c": 0.16331,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC042

secondary

#A993CB

accent

#4EDA86

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#11140A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC042

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

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