#8EAE22#8EAE22

#8EAE22 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	#8EAE22
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 34)
HSL	hsl(74, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(74, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -29.17, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 68.52, 115.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0861 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.161 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5805, 36.1383, 7.0881)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAE22 #4222AE

analogous

#AE8822 #8EAE22 #48AE22

triadic

#8EAE22 #228EAE #AE228E

tetradic

#8EAE22 #22AE88 #4222AE #AE2248

square

#8EAE22 #22AE88 #4222AE #AE2248

split-complementary

#8EAE22 #2248AE #8822AE

monochromatic

#3A480E #647B18 #8EAE22 #B3D836 #C6E269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8EAE22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#8EAE22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAE22

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAE22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAE22	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)

#B5A231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eae22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.161 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c66a',
    500: '#8eae22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eae22;
$custom-light: #b3c66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eae22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.714,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70238,
    "c": 0.16054,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAE22

secondary

#7B64C7

accent

#3EEA65

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAE22

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

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