#8EB42E#8EB42E

#8EB42E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.161 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB42E
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(77, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(77, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -31.45, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 67.68, 117.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0914 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.161 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9700, 38.5903, 8.5593)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB42E #542EB4

analogous

#B4972E #8EB42E #4BB42E

triadic

#8EB42E #2E8EB4 #B42E8E

tetradic

#8EB42E #2EB497 #542EB4 #B42E4B

square

#8EB42E #2EB497 #542EB4 #B42E4B

split-complementary

#8EB42E #2E4BB4 #972EB4

monochromatic

#415315 #688322 #8EB42E #ACD24E #C3DE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8EB42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#8EB42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB42E

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB42E	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA811

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.161 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ca71',
    500: '#8eb42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb42e;
$custom-light: #b3ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.015,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71736,
    "c": 0.16148,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB42E

secondary

#8E77C7

accent

#45E272

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB42E

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

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