#8EB44B#8EB44B

#8EB44B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.140 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB44B
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 75)
HSL	hsl(82, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(82, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 58.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -29.37, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 56.62, 121.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0831 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.14 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7466, 38.9009, 12.6494)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB44B #714BB4

analogous

#B4A54B #8EB44B #5AB44B

triadic

#8EB44B #4B8EB4 #B44B8E

tetradic

#8EB44B #4BB4A5 #714BB4 #B44B5A

square

#8EB44B #4BB4A5 #714BB4 #B44B5A

split-complementary

#8EB44B #4B5AB4 #A54BB4

monochromatic

#4A5E27 #6C8939 #8EB44B #A9C676 #C4D8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8EB44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#8EB44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB44B

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB44B	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)

#BDA940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.140 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca81',
    500: '#8eb44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb44b;
$custom-light: #b1ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.714,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71991,
    "c": 0.14011,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB44B

secondary

#A796C5

accent

#57D183

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB44B

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

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