#8EA521#8EA521

#8EA521 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.151 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA521
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 33)
HSL	hsl(70, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(70, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -24.85, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 64.86, 112.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0743 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.151 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8855, 32.7710, 6.4530)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA521 #3821A5

analogous

#A57A21 #8EA521 #4CA521

triadic

#8EA521 #218EA5 #A5218E

tetradic

#8EA521 #21A57A #3821A5 #A5214C

square

#8EA521 #21A57A #3821A5 #A5214C

split-complementary

#8EA521 #214CA5 #7A21A5

monochromatic

#363F0D #627217 #8EA521 #B8D52E #C9DF61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8EA521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#8EA521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA521

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA521	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.151 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3bf69',
    500: '#8ea521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea521;
$custom-light: #b3bf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.455,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68097,
    "c": 0.15052,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA521

secondary

#6F5EC4

accent

#3EEA5C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA521

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

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