#8EB21F#8EB21F

#8EB21F is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.167 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB21F
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 31)
HSL	hsl(75, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(75, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 82.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -31.18, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 71.06, 116.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0918 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.167 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3234, 37.6903, 7.1315)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB21F #431FB2

analogous

#B28C1F #8EB21F #44B21F

triadic

#8EB21F #1F8EB2 #B21F8E

tetradic

#8EB21F #1FB28C #431FB2 #B21F44

square

#8EB21F #1FB28C #431FB2 #B21F44

split-complementary

#8EB21F #1F44B2 #8C1FB2

monochromatic

#3B4A0D #647E16 #8EB21F #B2DB33 #C6E567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8EB21F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#8EB21F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB21F

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB21F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB21F	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96A998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb21f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.167 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c96a',
    500: '#8eb21f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb21f;
$custom-light: #b3c96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb21f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.694,
    "s": 70.335,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71177,
    "c": 0.16651,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB21F

secondary

#7C63CA

accent

#3BED66

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB21F

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

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