#8ECC42#8ECC42

#8ECC42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.179 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8ECC42
RGBrgb(142, 204, 66)
HSLhsl(87, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(87, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(30.4%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(75.66, -41.07, 59.80)
CIE-LCHlch(75.66, 72.55, 124.48°)
OKLaboklab(77.62% -0.1161 0.1358)
OKLCHoklch(77.62% 0.179 130.5)
XYZxyz(33.7313, 49.3288, 12.8974)
Luminance0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8ECC42 #8042CC
analogous
#CCC542 #8ECC42 #49CC42
triadic
#8ECC42 #428ECC #CC428E
tetradic
#8ECC42 #42CCC5 #8042CC #CC4249
square
#8ECC42 #42CCC5 #8042CC #CC4249
split-complementary
#8ECC42 #4249CC #C542CC
monochromatic
#4E741F #6EA42C #8ECC42 #ABD972 #C8E6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93
#8ECC42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87
#8ECC42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECC42
10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8ECC42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8ECC421.001.9310.8710.87
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8721.001.001.00
##00000010.8721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BD2E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CCB94E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#91C4B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8ecc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.179 130.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3dc7e',
    500: '#8ecc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8ecc42;
$custom-light: #b3dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8ecc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.957,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77622,
    "c": 0.17867,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8ECC42
secondary
#B297D3
accent
#47E18C
background
#FBFDF7
surface
#F6FBEE
border
#D0D4C9
text
#11150A
muted
#80837C

Preview Lab

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#8ECC42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva