#8EAD1B#8EAD1B

#8EAD1B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.162 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAD1B
RGB	rgb(142, 173, 27)
HSL	hsl(73, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(73, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 84.4%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -28.95, 63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 69.84, 114.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.97% -0.0859 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(69.97% 0.162 122)
XYZ	xyz(26.2972, 35.7170, 6.5454)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAD1B #3A1BAD

analogous

#AD831B #8EAD1B #45AD1B

triadic

#8EAD1B #1B8EAD #AD1B8E

tetradic

#8EAD1B #1BAD83 #3A1BAD #AD1B45

square

#8EAD1B #1BAD83 #3A1BAD #AD1B45

split-complementary

#8EAD1B #1B45AD #831BAD

monochromatic

#37430A #637813 #8EAD1B #B7DD28 #C9E65D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#8EAD1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#8EAD1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAD1B

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAD1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAD1B	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ead1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 173, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.162 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c568',
    500: '#8ead1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ead1b;
$custom-light: #b3c568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ead1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.74,
    "s": 73,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69969,
    "c": 0.16229,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.35717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAD1B

secondary

#725ACA

accent

#38F05F

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EB

border

#D0D1C6

text

#111207

muted

#80817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAD1B

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

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