#8EB242#8EB242

#8EB242 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.145 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB242
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(79, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(79, 63%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 62.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -29.18, 51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 59.35, 119.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.0834 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.145 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0592, 37.9846, 11.0067)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB242 #6642B2

analogous

#B29E42 #8EB242 #56B242

triadic

#8EB242 #428EB2 #B2428E

tetradic

#8EB242 #42B29E #6642B2 #B24256

square

#8EB242 #42B29E #6642B2 #B24256

split-complementary

#8EB242 #4256B2 #9E42B2

monochromatic

#475921 #6A8531 #8EB242 #A9C86A #C3D896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8EB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#8EB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB242

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB242	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.145 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c97b',
    500: '#8eb242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb242;
$custom-light: #b2c97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.286,
    "s": 45.902,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71423,
    "c": 0.14506,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB242

secondary

#9E8CC4

accent

#52D67C

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB242

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

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