#8EA231#8EA231

#8EA231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.138 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA231
RGB	rgb(142, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(71, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(71, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 69.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, -22.56, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 58.20, 112.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% -0.0666 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.138 119)
XYZ	xyz(24.6305, 31.8134, 7.7482)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA231 #4531A2

analogous

#A27E31 #8EA231 #56A231

triadic

#8EA231 #318EA2 #A2318E

tetradic

#8EA231 #31A27E #4531A2 #A23156

square

#8EA231 #31A27E #4531A2 #A23156

split-complementary

#8EA231 #3156A2 #7E31A2

monochromatic

#3C4415 #657323 #8EA231 #B1C848 #C5D677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#8EA231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#8EA231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA231

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA231	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC991F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96998C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.138 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bd70',
    500: '#8ea231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea231;
$custom-light: #b2bd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.619,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67493,
    "c": 0.13763,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.31813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA231

secondary

#7E71BE

accent

#4BDD65

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA231

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

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