#8EA42B#8EA42B

#8EA42B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.144 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA42B
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(71, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(71, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 73.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, -23.89, 56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 61.28, 112.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% -0.0709 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.144 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8673, 32.4763, 7.2435)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA42B #412BA4

analogous

#A47D2B #8EA42B #51A42B

triadic

#8EA42B #2B8EA4 #A42B8E

tetradic

#8EA42B #2BA47D #412BA4 #A42B51

square

#8EA42B #2BA47D #412BA4 #A42B51

split-complementary

#8EA42B #2B51A4 #7D2BA4

monochromatic

#3A4312 #64741E #8EA42B #B3CD3F #C6D970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#8EA42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#8EA42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA42B

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA42B	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.144 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bf6d',
    500: '#8ea42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea42b;
$custom-light: #b2bf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6792,
    "c": 0.14393,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA42B

secondary

#7A6AC1

accent

#46E262

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA42B

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

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