#8EAE2B#8EAE2B

#8EAE2B 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	#8EAE2B
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 43)
HSL	hsl(75, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(75, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 75.3%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.67, -28.76, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.67, 65.86, 115.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0843 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.156 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7278, 36.1972, 7.8637)
Luminance	0.3620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAE2B #4B2BAE

analogous

#AE8C2B #8EAE2B #4DAE2B

triadic

#8EAE2B #2B8EAE #AE2B8E

tetradic

#8EAE2B #2BAE8C #4B2BAE #AE2B4D

square

#8EAE2B #2BAE8C #4B2BAE #AE2B4D

split-complementary

#8EAE2B #2B4DAE #8C2BAE

monochromatic

#3E4C13 #667D1F #8EAE2B #AFD145 #C4DD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#8EAE2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#8EAE2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAE2B

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAE2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAE2B	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)

#B8A30D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eae2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.156 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c66e',
    500: '#8eae2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eae2b;
$custom-light: #b3c66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eae2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.656,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70289,
    "c": 0.15593,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAE2B

secondary

#8570C5

accent

#44E46B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAE2B

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

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