#8EAE1B#8EAE1B

#8EAE1B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.163 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAE1B
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 27)
HSL	hsl(73, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(73, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 84.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -29.42, 63.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 70.27, 114.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.0872 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.163 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4897, 36.1019, 6.6095)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAE1B #3B1BAE

analogous

#AE851B #8EAE1B #45AE1B

triadic

#8EAE1B #1B8EAE #AE1B8E

tetradic

#8EAE1B #1BAE85 #3B1BAE #AE1B45

square

#8EAE1B #1BAE85 #3B1BAE #AE1B45

split-complementary

#8EAE1B #1B45AE #851BAE

monochromatic

#38440B #637913 #8EAE1B #B6DE28 #C8E65D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8EAE1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#8EAE1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAE1B

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAE1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAE1B	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eae1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.163 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c668',
    500: '#8eae1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eae1b;
$custom-light: #b3c668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eae1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.061,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70207,
    "c": 0.16344,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAE1B

secondary

#735BCA

accent

#38F060

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EB

border

#D0D1C6

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAE1B

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

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