#8EAE21#8EAE21

#8EAE21 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.161 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAE21
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 33)
HSL	hsl(74, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(74, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -29.21, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 68.79, 115.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0863 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.161 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5663, 36.1326, 7.0133)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAE21 #4121AE

analogous

#AE8721 #8EAE21 #47AE21

triadic

#8EAE21 #218EAE #AE218E

tetradic

#8EAE21 #21AE87 #4121AE #AE2147

square

#8EAE21 #21AE87 #4121AE #AE2147

split-complementary

#8EAE21 #2147AE #8721AE

monochromatic

#3A470D #647B17 #8EAE21 #B3D834 #C6E267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8EAE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#8EAE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAE21

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAE21	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eae21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.161 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c66a',
    500: '#8eae21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eae21;
$custom-light: #b3c66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eae21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.617,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70233,
    "c": 0.16099,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAE21

secondary

#7A63C8

accent

#3DEB64

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAE21

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

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