#8EB449#8EB449

#8EB449 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.142 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB449
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(81, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(81, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -29.55, 49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 57.48, 120.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0838 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.142 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6792, 38.8740, 12.2945)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB449 #6F49B4

analogous

#B4A449 #8EB449 #59B449

triadic

#8EB449 #498EB4 #B4498E

tetradic

#8EB449 #49B4A4 #6F49B4 #B44959

square

#8EB449 #49B4A4 #6F49B4 #B44959

split-complementary

#8EB449 #4959B4 #A449B4

monochromatic

#495D26 #6C8837 #8EB449 #A9C774 #C4D89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8EB449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#8EB449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB449

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB449	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.142 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ca80',
    500: '#8eb449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb449;
$custom-light: #b2ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.308,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71969,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB449

secondary

#A594C5

accent

#56D282

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB449

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

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