#8EAE40#8EAE40

#8EAE40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.141 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAE40
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(77, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(77, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 63.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, -27.42, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 58.12, 118.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0787 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.141 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2170, 36.3929, 10.4401)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAE40 #6040AE

analogous

#AE9740 #8EAE40 #57AE40

triadic

#8EAE40 #408EAE #AE408E

tetradic

#8EAE40 #40AE97 #6040AE #AE4057

square

#8EAE40 #40AE97 #6040AE #AE4057

split-complementary

#8EAE40 #4057AE #9740AE

monochromatic

#45551F #698130 #8EAE40 #AAC665 #C3D792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8EAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#8EAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAE40

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAE40	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94A697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.141 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c67a',
    500: '#8eae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eae40;
$custom-light: #b2c67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.455,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70456,
    "c": 0.14144,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAE40

secondary

#9988C2

accent

#52D678

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAE40

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

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