#8EAE23#8EAE23

#8EAE23 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.160 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAE23
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 35)
HSL	hsl(74, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(74, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 79.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -29.13, 61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 68.25, 115.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0859 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.16 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5952, 36.1441, 7.1652)
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

#8EAE23 #4323AE

analogous

#AE8823 #8EAE23 #48AE23

triadic

#8EAE23 #238EAE #AE238E

tetradic

#8EAE23 #23AE88 #4323AE #AE2348

square

#8EAE23 #23AE88 #4323AE #AE2348

split-complementary

#8EAE23 #2348AE #8823AE

monochromatic

#3B480F #647B19 #8EAE23 #B2D737 #C6E16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8EAE23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#8EAE23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAE23

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAE23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAE23	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: #8eae23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.160 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c66b',
    500: '#8eae23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eae23;
$custom-light: #b3c66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eae23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.813,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70243,
    "c": 0.16008,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAE23

secondary

#7C66C7

accent

#3EE966

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAE23

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

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