#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
RGBrgb(142, 205, 66)
HSLhsl(87, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(87, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(30.7%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(75.95, -41.50, 60.11)
CIE-LCHlch(75.95, 73.05, 124.62°)
OKLaboklab(77.86% -0.1173 0.1365)
OKLCHoklch(77.86% 0.18 130.7)
XYZxyz(33.9697, 49.8057, 12.9769)
Luminance0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##8ECD421.001.9210.9610.96
#FFFFFF1.921.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9621.001.001.00
##00000010.9621.001.001.00

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

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#8ECD42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva