#8EA42D#8EA42D

#8EA42D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.143 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA42D
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(71, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(71, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 72.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -23.78, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 60.59, 113.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0704 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.143 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9049, 32.4913, 7.4415)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA42D #432DA4

analogous

#A47E2D #8EA42D #52A42D

triadic

#8EA42D #2D8EA4 #A42D8E

tetradic

#8EA42D #2DA47E #432DA4 #A42D52

square

#8EA42D #2DA47E #432DA4 #A42D52

split-complementary

#8EA42D #2D52A4 #7E2DA4

monochromatic

#3B4413 #647420 #8EA42D #B2CB43 #C6D973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#8EA42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#8EA42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA42D

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA42D	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)

#AF9B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.143 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bf6e',
    500: '#8ea42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea42d;
$custom-light: #b2bf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.092,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67934,
    "c": 0.1427,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA42D

secondary

#7C6DC0

accent

#48E064

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA42D

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

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