#8EB249#8EB249

#8EB249 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.139 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB249
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(81, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(81, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 59%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, -28.60, 48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 56.42, 120.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0811 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.139 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2784, 38.0723, 12.1609)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB249 #6D49B2

analogous

#B2A249 #8EB249 #5AB249

triadic

#8EB249 #498EB2 #B2498E

tetradic

#8EB249 #49B2A2 #6D49B2 #B2495A

square

#8EB249 #49B2A2 #6D49B2 #B2495A

split-complementary

#8EB249 #495AB2 #A249B2

monochromatic

#495B25 #6B8737 #8EB249 #A9C573 #C4D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8EB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#8EB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB249

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB249	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.139 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c980',
    500: '#8eb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb249;
$custom-light: #b1c980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.571,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71496,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB249

secondary

#A493C4

accent

#56D280

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB249

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

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