#8EA42A#8EA42A

#8EA42A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.145 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA42A
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(71, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(71, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, -23.94, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 61.62, 112.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.0711 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.145 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8492, 32.4690, 7.1481)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA42A #402AA4

analogous

#A47D2A #8EA42A #51A42A

triadic

#8EA42A #2A8EA4 #A42A8E

tetradic

#8EA42A #2AA47D #402AA4 #A42A51

square

#8EA42A #2AA47D #402AA4 #A42A51

split-complementary

#8EA42A #2A51A4 #7D2AA4

monochromatic

#3A4311 #64731E #8EA42A #B4CD3E #C7DA6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#8EA42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#8EA42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA42A

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA42A	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.145 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bf6d',
    500: '#8ea42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea42a;
$custom-light: #b2bf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.82,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67914,
    "c": 0.14453,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA42A

secondary

#7969C1

accent

#45E262

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA42A

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

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