#8EA523#8EA523

#8EA523 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.150 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA523
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 35)
HSL	hsl(71, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(71, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -24.77, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 64.28, 112.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.074 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.15 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9144, 32.7825, 6.6049)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA523 #3A23A5

analogous

#A57B23 #8EA523 #4DA523

triadic

#8EA523 #238EA5 #A5238E

tetradic

#8EA523 #23A57B #3A23A5 #A5234D

square

#8EA523 #23A57B #3A23A5 #A5234D

split-complementary

#8EA523 #234DA5 #7B23A5

monochromatic

#37400E #637318 #8EA523 #B7D332 #C9DE64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#8EA523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#8EA523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA523

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA523	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.150 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3bf6a',
    500: '#8ea523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea523;
$custom-light: #b3bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.615,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68108,
    "c": 0.14955,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA523

secondary

#7260C4

accent

#40E85E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F7EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA523

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

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