#8EAE27#8EAE27

#8EAE27 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.158 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAE27
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(74, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(74, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -28.96, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 67.10, 115.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0851 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.158 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6580, 36.1693, 7.4960)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAE27 #4727AE

analogous

#AE8B27 #8EAE27 #4BAE27

triadic

#8EAE27 #278EAE #AE278E

tetradic

#8EAE27 #27AE8B #4727AE #AE274B

square

#8EAE27 #27AE8B #4727AE #AE274B

split-complementary

#8EAE27 #274BAE #8B27AE

monochromatic

#3C4A11 #657C1C #8EAE27 #B0D43E #C5DF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8EAE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#8EAE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAE27

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAE27	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)

#B4A234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.158 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c66d',
    500: '#8eae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eae27;
$custom-light: #b3c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.222,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70265,
    "c": 0.1581,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAE27

secondary

#806BC6

accent

#41E669

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAE27

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

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