#8EB421#8EB421

#8EB421 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.168 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB421
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 33)
HSL	hsl(76, 69%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(76, 82%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 81.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -32.04, 63.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 71.44, 116.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.094 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.168 124)
XYZ	xyz(27.7514, 38.5029, 7.4083)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB421 #4721B4

analogous

#B49121 #8EB421 #45B421

triadic

#8EB421 #218EB4 #B4218E

tetradic

#8EB421 #21B491 #4721B4 #B42145

square

#8EB421 #21B491 #4721B4 #B42145

split-complementary

#8EB421 #2145B4 #9121B4

monochromatic

#3C4D0E #658018 #8EB421 #B0DA38 #C5E46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8EB421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#8EB421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB421

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB421	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.168 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ca6b',
    500: '#8eb421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb421;
$custom-light: #b3ca6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.51,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71664,
    "c": 0.16801,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.38503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB421

secondary

#8067CA

accent

#3CEC69

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB421

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

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