#8EB229#8EB229

#8EB229 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.162 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB229
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 41)
HSL	hsl(76, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(76, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 77%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -30.76, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 68.32, 116.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0899 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.162 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.4763, 37.7515, 7.9366)
Luminance	0.3775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB229 #4D29B2

analogous

#B29129 #8EB229 #4AB229

triadic

#8EB229 #298EB2 #B2298E

tetradic

#8EB229 #29B291 #4D29B2 #B2294A

square

#8EB229 #29B291 #4D29B2 #B2294A

split-complementary

#8EB229 #294AB2 #9129B2

monochromatic

#3F4F12 #66801E #8EB229 #AED444 #C4DF76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8EB229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#8EB229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB229

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB229	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)

#BCA603

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.162 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c96e',
    500: '#8eb229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb229;
$custom-light: #b3c96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.766,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71228,
    "c": 0.16183,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB229

secondary

#8770C7

accent

#42E66D

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB229

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

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