#8EDD42#8EDD42

#8EDD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.200 H 132.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EDD42
RGB	rgb(142, 221, 66)
HSL	hsl(91, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(91, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.7%, 0%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -48.31, 64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 80.94, 126.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.1358 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.2 132.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9946, 57.8554, 14.3185)
Luminance	0.5786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EDD42 #9142DD

analogous

#DBDD42 #8EDD42 #42DD44

triadic

#8EDD42 #428EDD #DD428E

tetradic

#8EDD42 #42DBDD #9142DD #DD4442

square

#8EDD42 #42DBDD #9142DD #DD4442

split-complementary

#8EDD42 #4442DD #DD42DB

monochromatic

#518C19 #6FBF22 #8EDD42 #ADE676 #CCF0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#8EDD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#8EDD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EDD42

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EDD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EDD42	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FD4BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8edd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 221, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.200 132.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4e87f',
    500: '#8edd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8edd42;
$custom-light: #b4e87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8edd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.581,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.817,
    "c": 0.19984,
    "h": 132.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EDD42

secondary

#633291

accent

#3BEC96

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#12160B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EDD42

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

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