#8ECA42#8ECA42

#8ECA42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.176 H 130.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECA42
RGB	rgb(142, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(86, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(86, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -40.19, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 71.55, 124.18°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.1137 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.176 130.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2590, 48.3842, 12.7400)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECA42 #7E42CA

analogous

#CAC242 #8ECA42 #4ACA42

triadic

#8ECA42 #428ECA #CA428E

tetradic

#8ECA42 #42CAC2 #7E42CA #CA424A

square

#8ECA42 #42CAC2 #7E42CA #CA424A

split-complementary

#8ECA42 #424ACA #C242CA

monochromatic

#4E7220 #6EA22D #8ECA42 #ABD772 #C7E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#8ECA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#8ECA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECA42

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECA42	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91C2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.176 130.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3da7d',
    500: '#8eca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eca42;
$custom-light: #b3da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.471,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77144,
    "c": 0.17614,
    "h": 130.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECA42

secondary

#B096D1

accent

#48DF8B

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FAEE

border

#D0D3C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECA42

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

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