#8EB427#8EB427

#8EB427 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.165 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB427
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 39)
HSL	hsl(76, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(76, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -31.79, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 69.82, 117.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0929 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.165 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8431, 38.5395, 7.8911)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB427 #4D27B4

analogous

#B49327 #8EB427 #47B427

triadic

#8EB427 #278EB4 #B4278E

tetradic

#8EB427 #27B493 #4D27B4 #B42747

square

#8EB427 #27B493 #4D27B4 #B42747

split-complementary

#8EB427 #2747B4 #9327B4

monochromatic

#3F4F11 #66821C #8EB427 #AED642 #C4E174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8EB427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#8EB427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB427

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB427	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.165 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ca6d',
    500: '#8eb427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb427;
$custom-light: #b3ca6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.17,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71694,
    "c": 0.16524,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB427

secondary

#876FC8

accent

#40E76D

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB427

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

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