#8EB44A#8EB44A

#8EB44A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.141 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB44A
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 74)
HSL	hsl(82, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(82, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 58.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -29.46, 48.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 57.05, 121.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.0834 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.141 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7126, 38.8873, 12.4705)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB44A #704AB4

analogous

#B4A54A #8EB44A #59B44A

triadic

#8EB44A #4A8EB4 #B44A8E

tetradic

#8EB44A #4AB4A5 #704AB4 #B44A59

square

#8EB44A #4AB4A5 #704AB4 #B44A59

split-complementary

#8EB44A #4A59B4 #A54AB4

monochromatic

#4A5D26 #6C8938 #8EB44A #A9C675 #C4D8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8EB44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#8EB44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB44A

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB44A	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.141 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca80',
    500: '#8eb44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb44a;
$custom-light: #b1ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.509,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7198,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB44A

secondary

#A695C5

accent

#56D282

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB44A

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

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