#8EB42C#8EB42C

#8EB42C 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	#8EB42C
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 44)
HSL	hsl(77, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(77, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 75.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -31.55, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 68.32, 117.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0918 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.163 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9315, 38.5749, 8.3565)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB42C #522CB4

analogous

#B4962C #8EB42C #4AB42C

triadic

#8EB42C #2C8EB4 #B42C8E

tetradic

#8EB42C #2CB496 #522CB4 #B42C4A

square

#8EB42C #2CB496 #522CB4 #B42C4A

split-complementary

#8EB42C #2C4AB4 #962CB4

monochromatic

#405214 #678320 #8EB42C #ADD34A #C3DF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8EB42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#8EB42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB42C

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB42C	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)

#BEA80B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.163 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ca70',
    500: '#8eb42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb42c;
$custom-light: #b3ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.765,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71723,
    "c": 0.16261,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB42C

secondary

#8C75C7

accent

#44E471

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB42C

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

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