#8EAE25#8EAE25

#8EAE25 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.159 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAE25
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 37)
HSL	hsl(74, 65%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(74, 79%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 78.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -29.05, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 67.68, 115.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0855 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.159 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6257, 36.1564, 7.3261)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAE25 #4525AE

analogous

#AE8A25 #8EAE25 #49AE25

triadic

#8EAE25 #258EAE #AE258E

tetradic

#8EAE25 #25AE8A #4525AE #AE2549

square

#8EAE25 #25AE8A #4525AE #AE2549

split-complementary

#8EAE25 #2549AE #8A25AE

monochromatic

#3C4910 #657C1A #8EAE25 #B1D53B #C5E06D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8EAE25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#8EAE25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAE25

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAE25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAE25	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)

#B5A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eae25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.159 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c66c',
    500: '#8eae25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eae25;
$custom-light: #b3c66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eae25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.015,
    "s": 64.929,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70254,
    "c": 0.1591,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAE25

secondary

#7E68C6

accent

#40E867

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAE25

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

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