#8EA42E#8EA42E

#8EA42E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.142 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA42E
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(71, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(71, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -23.73, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 60.23, 113.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.0702 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.142 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9244, 32.4991, 7.5441)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA42E #442EA4

analogous

#A47F2E #8EA42E #53A42E

triadic

#8EA42E #2E8EA4 #A42E8E

tetradic

#8EA42E #2EA47F #442EA4 #A42E53

square

#8EA42E #2EA47F #442EA4 #A42E53

split-complementary

#8EA42E #2E53A4 #7F2EA4

monochromatic

#3B4413 #657421 #8EA42E #B2CB45 #C5D874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#8EA42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#8EA42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA42E

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA42E	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)

#AF9B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.142 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bf6f',
    500: '#8ea42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea42e;
$custom-light: #b2bf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.186,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67941,
    "c": 0.14205,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA42E

secondary

#7D6EC0

accent

#48DF65

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA42E

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

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