#8EB42F#8EB42F

#8EB42F 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	#8EB42F
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 47)
HSL	hsl(77, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(77, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 73.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -31.40, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 67.36, 117.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0912 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.161 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9899, 38.5983, 8.6644)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB42F #552FB4

analogous

#B4982F #8EB42F #4CB42F

triadic

#8EB42F #2F8EB4 #B42F8E

tetradic

#8EB42F #2FB498 #552FB4 #B42F4C

square

#8EB42F #2FB498 #552FB4 #B42F4C

split-complementary

#8EB42F #2F4CB4 #982FB4

monochromatic

#415316 #688322 #8EB42F #ACD14F #C3DE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#8EB42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#8EB42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB42F

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB42F	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)

#BEA814

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95AB9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.161 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ca71',
    500: '#8eb42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb42f;
$custom-light: #b3ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71742,
    "c": 0.1609,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB42F

secondary

#8F78C7

accent

#46E273

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB42F

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

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