#8ECD42#8ECD42

#8ECD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.180 H 130.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECD42
RGB	rgb(142, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(87, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.7%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -41.50, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 73.05, 124.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.1173 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.18 130.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9697, 49.8057, 12.9769)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECD42 #8142CD

analogous

#CDC642 #8ECD42 #48CD42

triadic

#8ECD42 #428ECD #CD428E

tetradic

#8ECD42 #42CDC6 #8142CD #CD4248

square

#8ECD42 #42CDC6 #8142CD #CD4248

split-complementary

#8ECD42 #4248CD #C642CD

monochromatic

#4E761F #6FA62C #8ECD42 #ABDA72 #C8E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#8ECD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#8ECD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECD42

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECD42	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91C4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ecd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.180 130.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3dc7e',
    500: '#8ecd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ecd42;
$custom-light: #b3dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ecd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.194,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77862,
    "c": 0.17993,
    "h": 130.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECD42

secondary

#B397D3

accent

#46E18D

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FBEF

border

#D0D4CA

text

#11150A

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECD42

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

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