#8EA821#8EA821
#8EA821 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.154 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8EA821 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(142, 168, 33) |
| HSL | hsl(72, 67%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(72, 80%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 80.4%, 34.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.86, -26.32, 60.70) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.86, 66.16, 113.44°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.81% -0.0784 0.1326) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.81% 0.154 120.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(25.4330, 33.8659, 6.6355) |
| Luminance | 0.3387 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 1.33
Avocado Green
#87A922
ΔE00 1.69
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 1.80
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 2.07
Vomit Green
#89A203
ΔE00 2.19
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.43
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8EA821 #3B21A8
analogous
#A87F21 #8EA821 #4AA821
triadic
#8EA821 #218EA8 #A8218E
tetradic
#8EA821 #21A87F #3B21A8 #A8214A
square
#8EA821 #21A87F #3B21A8 #A8214A
split-complementary
#8EA821 #214AA8 #7F21A8
monochromatic
#38420D #637517 #8EA821 #B6D630 #C8E063
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.70
#8EA821 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.77
#8EA821 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8EA821
7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8EA821 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8EA821 | 1.00 | 2.70 | 7.77 | 7.77 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.70 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B39E00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B09E2F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#969F8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8ea821; /* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 168, 33); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.154 120.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b3c169',
500: '#8ea821',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8ea821; $custom-light: #b3c169; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8ea821",
"rgb": {
"r": 142,
"g": 168,
"b": 33
},
"hsl": {
"h": 71.556,
"s": 67.164,
"l": 39.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68808,
"c": 0.154,
"h": 120.6
},
"luminance": 0.33866
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8EA821
secondary
#735FC5
accent
#3EEA5F
background
#FBFBF6
surface
#F6F7EC
border
#D0D0C7
text
#111207
muted
#80817A