#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
RGB	rgb(142, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(87, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -41.07, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 72.55, 124.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.1161 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.179 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7313, 49.3288, 12.8974)
Luminance	0.4933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##8ECC42	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #8ECC42

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

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