#8EAE1E#8EAE1E

#8EAE1E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.162 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAE1E
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 30)
HSL	hsl(73, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(73, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -29.32, 63.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 69.56, 114.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0868 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.162 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5262, 36.1165, 6.8018)
Luminance	0.3612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAE1E #3E1EAE

analogous

#AE861E #8EAE1E #46AE1E

triadic

#8EAE1E #1E8EAE #AE1E8E

tetradic

#8EAE1E #1EAE86 #3E1EAE #AE1E46

square

#8EAE1E #1EAE86 #3E1EAE #AE1E46

split-complementary

#8EAE1E #1E46AE #861EAE

monochromatic

#39460C #637A15 #8EAE1E #B5DB2E #C7E462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8EAE1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#8EAE1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAE1E

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAE1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAE1E	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)

#B5A22E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eae1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.162 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c669',
    500: '#8eae1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eae1e;
$custom-light: #b3c669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eae1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70219,
    "c": 0.16227,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAE1E

secondary

#765FC9

accent

#3AED62

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAE1E

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

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