#8EA242#8EA242

#8EA242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.124 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA242
RGB	rgb(142, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(73, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(73, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -21.33, 46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 51.18, 114.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.0615 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.124 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0593, 31.9849, 10.0067)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA242 #5642A2

analogous

#A28642 #8EA242 #5EA242

triadic

#8EA242 #428EA2 #A2428E

tetradic

#8EA242 #42A286 #5642A2 #A2425E

square

#8EA242 #42A286 #5642A2 #A2425E

split-complementary

#8EA242 #425EA2 #8642A2

monochromatic

#424B1F #687730 #8EA242 #ACBF62 #C3D18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#8EA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#8EA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA242

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA242	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.124 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bd7a',
    500: '#8ea242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea242;
$custom-light: #b1bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67653,
    "c": 0.12408,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA242

secondary

#9084BC

accent

#56D270

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#111209

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA242

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

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