#8EA542#8EA542

#8EA542 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.128 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA542
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 66)
HSL	hsl(74, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(74, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -22.83, 47.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 52.70, 115.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0657 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.128 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5941, 33.0544, 10.1850)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA542 #5942A5

analogous

#A58A42 #8EA542 #5DA542

triadic

#8EA542 #428EA5 #A5428E

tetradic

#8EA542 #42A58A #5942A5 #A5425D

square

#8EA542 #42A58A #5942A5 #A5425D

split-complementary

#8EA542 #425DA5 #8A42A5

monochromatic

#434E1F #687931 #8EA542 #ABC163 #C3D28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#8EA542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#8EA542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA542

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA542	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#959D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.128 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1bf7a',
    500: '#8ea542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea542;
$custom-light: #b1bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.939,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68356,
    "c": 0.128,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA542

secondary

#9285BD

accent

#55D372

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#111209

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA542

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

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