#8EDA42#8EDA42

#8EDA42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.196 H 132.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EDA42
RGB	rgb(142, 218, 66)
HSL	hsl(90, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(90, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.9%, 0%, 69.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -47.06, 64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 79.48, 126.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.1324 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.196 132.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2096, 56.2854, 14.0568)
Luminance	0.5629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EDA42 #8E42DA

analogous

#DADA42 #8EDA42 #42DA42

triadic

#8EDA42 #428EDA #DA428E

tetradic

#8EDA42 #42DADA #8E42DA #DA4242

square

#8EDA42 #42DADA #8E42DA #DA4242

split-complementary

#8EDA42 #4242DA #DA42DA

monochromatic

#51871A #6FBA24 #8EDA42 #ADE475 #CBEEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#8EDA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#8EDA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EDA42

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EDA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EDA42	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FD1BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eda42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 218, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.196 132.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4e67f',
    500: '#8eda42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eda42;
$custom-light: #b4e67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eda42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8098,
    "c": 0.19616,
    "h": 132.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EDA42

secondary

#60338D

accent

#3EEA94

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#12160B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EDA42

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

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