#8EB417#8EB417

#8EB417 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.172 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB417
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 23)
HSL	hsl(75, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(75, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -32.37, 66.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 73.67, 116.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0954 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.172 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6316, 38.4549, 6.7773)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB417 #3D17B4

analogous

#B48B17 #8EB417 #40B417

triadic

#8EB417 #178EB4 #B4178E

tetradic

#8EB417 #17B48B #3D17B4 #B41740

square

#8EB417 #17B48B #3D17B4 #B41740

split-complementary

#8EB417 #1740B4 #8B17B4

monochromatic

#384709 #637E10 #8EB417 #B5E325 #C8EA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8EB417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#8EB417 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB417

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB417	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA62C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96AB99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.172 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ca68',
    500: '#8eb417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb417;
$custom-light: #b3ca68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.522,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71624,
    "c": 0.1717,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB417

secondary

#7559CE

accent

#34F462

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EB

border

#D0D1C6

text

#121307

muted

#81827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB417

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

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