#8EB440#8EB440

#8EB440 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.149 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB440
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(80, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(80, 64%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 64.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -30.29, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 61.17, 119.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0866 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.149 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.4021, 38.7631, 10.8352)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB440 #6640B4

analogous

#B4A040 #8EB440 #54B440

triadic

#8EB440 #408EB4 #B4408E

tetradic

#8EB440 #40B4A0 #6640B4 #B44054

square

#8EB440 #40B4A0 #6640B4 #B44054

split-complementary

#8EB440 #4054B4 #A040B4

monochromatic

#475A20 #6A8730 #8EB440 #A9C968 #C3D995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8EB440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#8EB440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB440

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB440	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)

#BDA931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AC9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.149 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ca7a',
    500: '#8eb440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb440;
$custom-light: #b2ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.655,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71878,
    "c": 0.14927,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB440

secondary

#9E8BC5

accent

#51D77D

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB440

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

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