#8ECB42#8ECB42

#8ECB42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.177 H 130.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECB42
RGB	rgb(142, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(87, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -40.63, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 72.05, 124.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.1149 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.177 130.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4944, 48.8550, 12.8184)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECB42 #7F42CB

analogous

#CBC342 #8ECB42 #4ACB42

triadic

#8ECB42 #428ECB #CB428E

tetradic

#8ECB42 #42CBC3 #7F42CB #CB424A

square

#8ECB42 #42CBC3 #7F42CB #CB424A

split-complementary

#8ECB42 #424ACB #C342CB

monochromatic

#4E7320 #6EA32D #8ECB42 #ABD872 #C7E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#8ECB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#8ECB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECB42

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECB42	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91C3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.177 130.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3db7d',
    500: '#8ecb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecb42;
$custom-light: #b3db7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.715,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77383,
    "c": 0.1774,
    "h": 130.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECB42

secondary

#B197D2

accent

#48E08C

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FBEE

border

#D0D4C9

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECB42

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

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