#8EB227#8EB227

#8EB227 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.163 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB227
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 39)
HSL	hsl(76, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(76, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 78.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -30.85, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 68.91, 116.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0903 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.163 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4423, 37.7378, 7.7575)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB227 #4B27B2

analogous

#B29127 #8EB227 #48B227

triadic

#8EB227 #278EB2 #B2278E

tetradic

#8EB227 #27B291 #4B27B2 #B22748

square

#8EB227 #27B291 #4B27B2 #B22748

split-complementary

#8EB227 #2748B2 #9127B2

monochromatic

#3E4E11 #66801C #8EB227 #AFD541 #C4E073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8EB227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#8EB227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB227

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB227	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.163 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c96d',
    500: '#8eb227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb227;
$custom-light: #b3c96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.54,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71217,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB227

secondary

#856DC8

accent

#41E76C

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB227

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

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