#8EB42B#8EB42B

#8EB42B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.163 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB42B
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 43)
HSL	hsl(77, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(77, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -31.60, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 68.63, 117.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0921 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.163 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9129, 38.5674, 8.2587)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB42B #512BB4

analogous

#B4952B #8EB42B #49B42B

triadic

#8EB42B #2B8EB4 #B42B8E

tetradic

#8EB42B #2BB495 #512BB4 #B42B49

square

#8EB42B #2BB495 #512BB4 #B42B49

split-complementary

#8EB42B #2B49B4 #952BB4

monochromatic

#405113 #67831F #8EB42B #ADD349 #C3DF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8EB42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#8EB42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB42B

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB42B	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)

#BEA808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.163 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ca6f',
    500: '#8eb42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb42b;
$custom-light: #b3ca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.642,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71717,
    "c": 0.16317,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB42B

secondary

#8B73C7

accent

#43E570

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB42B

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

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