#8EB422#8EB422

#8EB422 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	#8EB422
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 34)
HSL	hsl(76, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(76, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 81.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -32.00, 63.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 71.18, 116.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0938 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.168 124)
XYZ	xyz(27.7657, 38.5085, 7.4832)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB422 #4822B4

analogous

#B49122 #8EB422 #45B422

triadic

#8EB422 #228EB4 #B4228E

tetradic

#8EB422 #22B491 #4822B4 #B42245

square

#8EB422 #22B491 #4822B4 #B42245

split-complementary

#8EB422 #2245B4 #9122B4

monochromatic

#3D4D0F #658118 #8EB422 #B0DA3A #C5E36D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8EB422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#8EB422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB422

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB422	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)

#BAA632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.168 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ca6b',
    500: '#8eb422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb422;
$custom-light: #b3ca6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.616,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71669,
    "c": 0.16758,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.38509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB422

secondary

#8268CA

accent

#3DEB6A

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB422

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

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