#8EB442#8EB442

#8EB442 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.148 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB442
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 46%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(80, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 63.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -30.13, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 60.37, 119.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.086 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.148 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4601, 38.7863, 11.1403)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB442 #6842B4

analogous

#B4A142 #8EB442 #55B442

triadic

#8EB442 #428EB4 #B4428E

tetradic

#8EB442 #42B4A1 #6842B4 #B44255

square

#8EB442 #42B4A1 #6842B4 #B44255

split-complementary

#8EB442 #4255B4 #A142B4

monochromatic

#475A21 #6B8732 #8EB442 #A9C96B #C3D997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8EB442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#8EB442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB442

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB442	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA934

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AC9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.148 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ca7b',
    500: '#8eb442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb442;
$custom-light: #b2ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71897,
    "c": 0.14769,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB442

secondary

#A08DC5

accent

#52D67E

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB442

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

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