#8EB221#8EB221

#8EB221 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.166 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB221
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 33)
HSL	hsl(75, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(75, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -31.11, 63.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 70.55, 116.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0914 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.166 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3506, 37.7012, 7.2747)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB221 #4521B2

analogous

#B28E21 #8EB221 #45B221

triadic

#8EB221 #218EB2 #B2218E

tetradic

#8EB221 #21B28E #4521B2 #B22145

square

#8EB221 #21B28E #4521B2 #B22145

split-complementary

#8EB221 #2145B2 #8E21B2

monochromatic

#3C4B0E #657E17 #8EB221 #B1DA36 #C5E36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8EB221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#8EB221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB221

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB221	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)

#B8A531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.166 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c96b',
    500: '#8eb221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb221;
$custom-light: #b3c96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.897,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71186,
    "c": 0.16566,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB221

secondary

#7E66C9

accent

#3CEC68

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB221

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

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