#8EA42C#8EA42C

#8EA42C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.143 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA42C
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 44)
HSL	hsl(71, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(71, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -23.84, 56.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 60.94, 113.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0707 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.143 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8859, 32.4837, 7.3414)
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

#8EA42C #422CA4

analogous

#A47E2C #8EA42C #52A42C

triadic

#8EA42C #2C8EA4 #A42C8E

tetradic

#8EA42C #2CA47E #422CA4 #A42C52

square

#8EA42C #2CA47E #422CA4 #A42C52

split-complementary

#8EA42C #2C52A4 #7E2CA4

monochromatic

#3A4312 #64741F #8EA42C #B3CC41 #C6D971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#8EA42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#8EA42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA42C

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA42C	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)

#AF9A15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.143 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bf6e',
    500: '#8ea42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea42c;
$custom-light: #b2bf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67927,
    "c": 0.14332,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA42C

secondary

#7B6BC0

accent

#47E163

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA42C

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

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