#8EB41B#8EB41B

#8EB41B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.170 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB41B
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 27)
HSL	hsl(75, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(75, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 85%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -32.25, 65.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 72.85, 116.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0949 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.17 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6748, 38.4722, 7.0046)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB41B #411BB4

analogous

#B48D1B #8EB41B #41B41B

triadic

#8EB41B #1B8EB4 #B41B8E

tetradic

#8EB41B #1BB48D #411BB4 #B41B41

square

#8EB41B #1BB48D #411BB4 #B41B41

split-complementary

#8EB41B #1B41B4 #8D1BB4

monochromatic

#3A4A0B #647F13 #8EB41B #B3DF2D #C6E762

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8EB41B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#8EB41B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB41B

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB41B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB41B	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)

#BAA62E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95AB99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb41b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.170 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ca69',
    500: '#8eb41b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb41b;
$custom-light: #b3ca69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb41b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.902,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71639,
    "c": 0.17036,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB41B

secondary

#7A5FCC

accent

#37F165

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#121307

muted

#81827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB41B

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

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