#8EA72A#8EA72A
#8EA72A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.148 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8EA72A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(142, 167, 42) |
| HSL | hsl(72, 60%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(72, 75%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(15%, 0%, 74.9%, 34.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.61, -25.42, 57.62) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.61, 62.98, 113.81°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.62% -0.0752 0.1276) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.62% 0.148 120.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(25.3924, 33.5555, 7.3292) |
| Luminance | 0.3356 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Avocado Green
#87A922
ΔE00 1.76
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 2.15
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 2.27
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.49
Vomit Green
#89A203
ΔE00 2.56
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 3.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8EA72A #432AA7
analogous
#A7812A #8EA72A #4FA72A
triadic
#8EA72A #2A8EA7 #A72A8E
tetradic
#8EA72A #2AA781 #432AA7 #A72A4F
square
#8EA72A #2AA781 #432AA7 #A72A4F
split-complementary
#8EA72A #2A4FA7 #812AA7
monochromatic
#3B4511 #64761E #8EA72A #B2CF3F #C6DB70
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.72
#8EA72A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.71
#8EA72A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8EA72A
7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8EA72A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8EA72A | 1.00 | 2.72 | 7.71 | 7.71 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.72 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B29D0F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9D35
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#969E8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8ea72a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 167, 42); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.148 120.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b2c16d',
500: '#8ea72a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8ea72a; $custom-light: #b2c16d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8ea72a",
"rgb": {
"r": 142,
"g": 167,
"b": 42
},
"hsl": {
"h": 72,
"s": 59.809,
"l": 40.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68622,
"c": 0.14811,
"h": 120.5
},
"luminance": 0.33555
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8EA72A
secondary
#7C6BC2
accent
#45E364
background
#FBFBF6
surface
#F6F7EC
border
#D0D0C7
text
#111208
muted
#80817B