#8EA227#8EA227

#8EA227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.144 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA227
RGB	rgb(142, 162, 39)
HSL	hsl(70, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(70, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, -23.10, 57.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 61.73, 111.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.42% -0.0691 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(67.42% 0.144 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4424, 31.7381, 6.7575)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA227 #3B27A2

analogous

#A27927 #8EA227 #51A227

triadic

#8EA227 #278EA2 #A2278E

tetradic

#8EA227 #27A279 #3B27A2 #A22751

square

#8EA227 #27A279 #3B27A2 #A22751

split-complementary

#8EA227 #2751A2 #7927A2

monochromatic

#383F0F #63711B #8EA227 #B6CF37 #C8DB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#8EA227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#8EA227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA227

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA227	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD990A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97998B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 162, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.144 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bd6b',
    500: '#8ea227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea227;
$custom-light: #b2bd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.756,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67423,
    "c": 0.14392,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA227

secondary

#7364C1

accent

#43E45E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA227

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

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