#8EAD27#8EAD27

#8EAD27 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.157 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAD27
RGB	rgb(142, 173, 39)
HSL	hsl(74, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(74, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 77.5%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, -28.48, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 66.65, 115.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0838 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.157 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4655, 35.7843, 7.4319)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAD27 #4627AD

analogous

#AD8927 #8EAD27 #4BAD27

triadic

#8EAD27 #278EAD #AD278E

tetradic

#8EAD27 #27AD89 #4627AD #AD274B

square

#8EAD27 #27AD89 #4627AD #AD274B

split-complementary

#8EAD27 #274BAD #8927AD

monochromatic

#3C4910 #657B1C #8EAD27 #B1D33E #C5DF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8EAD27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#8EAD27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAD27

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAD27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAD27	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A201

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ead27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 173, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.157 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c56c',
    500: '#8ead27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ead27;
$custom-light: #b3c56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ead27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.881,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70027,
    "c": 0.1569,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAD27

secondary

#7F6AC6

accent

#42E668

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAD27

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

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