#8EA225#8EA225

#8EA225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.145 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA225
RGB	rgb(142, 162, 37)
HSL	hsl(70, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(70, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 77.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, -23.19, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 62.36, 111.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0695 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.145 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4101, 31.7252, 6.5875)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA225 #3925A2

analogous

#A27825 #8EA225 #50A225

triadic

#8EA225 #258EA2 #A2258E

tetradic

#8EA225 #25A278 #3925A2 #A22550

square

#8EA225 #25A278 #3925A2 #A22550

split-complementary

#8EA225 #2550A2 #7825A2

monochromatic

#373E0E #62701A #8EA225 #B7D134 #C9DC65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#8EA225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#8EA225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA225

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA225	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9903

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97998B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 162, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.145 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bd6a',
    500: '#8ea225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea225;
$custom-light: #b2bd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67411,
    "c": 0.14503,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA225

secondary

#7161C2

accent

#42E65C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA225

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

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