#8EAD2C#8EAD2C

#8EAD2C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.154 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAD2C
RGB	rgb(142, 173, 44)
HSL	hsl(74, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(74, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 0%, 74.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -28.23, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 65.07, 115.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0827 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.154 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5539, 35.8197, 7.8974)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAD2C #4B2CAD

analogous

#AD8C2C #8EAD2C #4DAD2C

triadic

#8EAD2C #2C8EAD #AD2C8E

tetradic

#8EAD2C #2CAD8C #4B2CAD #AD2C4D

square

#8EAD2C #2CAD8C #4B2CAD #AD2C4D

split-complementary

#8EAD2C #2C4DAD #8C2CAD

monochromatic

#3E4B13 #667C20 #8EAD2C #AFD046 #C4DC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8EAD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#8EAD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAD2C

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAD2C	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)

#B7A210

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ead2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 173, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.154 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c56f',
    500: '#8ead2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ead2c;
$custom-light: #b3c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ead2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.419,
    "s": 59.447,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70057,
    "c": 0.15414,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAD2C

secondary

#8571C4

accent

#45E36B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAD2C

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

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