#8EB231#8EB231

#8EB231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.157 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB231
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(77, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(77, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -30.34, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 65.74, 117.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0881 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.157 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6304, 37.8131, 8.7481)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB231 #5531B2

analogous

#B29631 #8EB231 #4EB231

triadic

#8EB231 #318EB2 #B2318E

tetradic

#8EB231 #31B296 #5531B2 #B2314E

square

#8EB231 #31B296 #5531B2 #B2314E

split-complementary

#8EB231 #314EB2 #9631B2

monochromatic

#415217 #688224 #8EB231 #ACCF51 #C3DC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8EB231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#8EB231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB231

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB231	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)

#BCA719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.157 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c972',
    500: '#8eb231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb231;
$custom-light: #b3c972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.744,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7128,
    "c": 0.15723,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB231

secondary

#8F79C5

accent

#48E072

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB231

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

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