#8EB22D#8EB22D

#8EB22D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.160 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB22D
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 45)
HSL	hsl(76, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(76, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 74.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -30.56, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 67.07, 117.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.089 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.16 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5497, 37.7808, 8.3231)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB22D #512DB2

analogous

#B2932D #8EB22D #4BB22D

triadic

#8EB22D #2D8EB2 #B22D8E

tetradic

#8EB22D #2DB293 #512DB2 #B22D4B

square

#8EB22D #2DB293 #512DB2 #B22D4B

split-complementary

#8EB22D #2D4BB2 #932DB2

monochromatic

#405014 #678121 #8EB22D #ADD14B #C3DE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8EB22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#8EB22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB22D

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB22D	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.160 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c970',
    500: '#8eb22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb22d;
$custom-light: #b3c970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.241,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71253,
    "c": 0.15963,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB22D

secondary

#8B75C6

accent

#45E370

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB22D

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

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