#8EB43D#8EB43D

#8EB43D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.152 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB43D
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 61)
HSL	hsl(79, 49%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(79, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 66.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -30.51, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 62.34, 119.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0875 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.152 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3190, 38.7299, 10.3976)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB43D #633DB4

analogous

#B49F3D #8EB43D #52B43D

triadic

#8EB43D #3D8EB4 #B43D8E

tetradic

#8EB43D #3DB49F #633DB4 #B43D52

square

#8EB43D #3DB49F #633DB4 #B43D52

split-complementary

#8EB43D #3D52B4 #9F3DB4

monochromatic

#46591E #6A862E #8EB43D #AACA64 #C3DA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8EB43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#8EB43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB43D

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB43D	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AC9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.152 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ca79',
    500: '#8eb43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb43d;
$custom-light: #b2ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.16,
    "s": 49.378,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71851,
    "c": 0.15155,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB43D

secondary

#9B88C5

accent

#4FD97B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB43D

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

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