#8EAE3B#8EAE3B

#8EAE3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.145 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAE3B
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(77, 49%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(77, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 66.1%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, -27.79, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 60.13, 117.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0802 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.145 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0810, 36.3385, 9.7241)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAE3B #5B3BAE

analogous

#AE943B #8EAE3B #54AE3B

triadic

#8EAE3B #3B8EAE #AE3B8E

tetradic

#8EAE3B #3BAE94 #5B3BAE #AE3B54

square

#8EAE3B #3BAE94 #5B3BAE #AE3B54

split-complementary

#8EAE3B #3B54AE #943BAE

monochromatic

#43531C #69802C #8EAE3B #ABC85E #C3D88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8EAE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#8EAE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAE3B

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAE3B	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A32B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.145 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c677',
    500: '#8eae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eae3b;
$custom-light: #b2c677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.696,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7041,
    "c": 0.14535,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAE3B

secondary

#9482C2

accent

#4FD975

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAE3B

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

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