#8ED242#8ED242

#8ED242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.186 H 131.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ED242
RGB	rgb(142, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(88, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(88, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -43.67, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 75.54, 125.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.1232 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.186 131.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1849, 52.2361, 13.3819)
Luminance	0.5224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8ED242 #8642D2

analogous

#D2CE42 #8ED242 #46D242

triadic

#8ED242 #428ED2 #D2428E

tetradic

#8ED242 #42D2CE #8642D2 #D24246

square

#8ED242 #42D2CE #8642D2 #D24246

split-complementary

#8ED242 #4246D2 #CE42D2

monochromatic

#4F7C1E #6FAD29 #8ED242 #ACDE73 #C9EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#8ED242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#8ED242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ED242

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ED242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ED242	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90C9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ed242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.186 131.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4e07e',
    500: '#8ed242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ed242;
$custom-light: #b4e07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ed242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.333,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7906,
    "c": 0.18623,
    "h": 131.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ED242

secondary

#5A3484

accent

#43E58F

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#11150A

muted

#81847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ED242

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

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