#8EAE2A#8EAE2A

#8EAE2A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.156 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAE2A
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(75, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(75, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -28.81, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 66.18, 115.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0845 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.156 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7097, 36.1899, 7.7683)
Luminance	0.3619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAE2A #4A2AAE

analogous

#AE8C2A #8EAE2A #4CAE2A

triadic

#8EAE2A #2A8EAE #AE2A8E

tetradic

#8EAE2A #2AAE8C #4A2AAE #AE2A4C

square

#8EAE2A #2AAE8C #4A2AAE #AE2A4C

split-complementary

#8EAE2A #2A4CAE #8C2AAE

monochromatic

#3E4B12 #667D1E #8EAE2A #AFD243 #C4DE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8EAE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#8EAE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAE2A

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAE2A	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A30A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.156 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c66e',
    500: '#8eae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eae2a;
$custom-light: #b3c66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.545,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70282,
    "c": 0.15649,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAE2A

secondary

#846FC5

accent

#44E46B

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAE2A

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

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