#8EB44E#8EB44E

#8EB44E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.137 H 126.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB44E
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 78)
HSL	hsl(82, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(82, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 56.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -29.10, 47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 55.33, 121.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0821 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.137 126.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8517, 38.9430, 13.2030)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB44E #744EB4

analogous

#B4A74E #8EB44E #5BB44E

triadic

#8EB44E #4E8EB4 #B44E8E

tetradic

#8EB44E #4EB4A7 #744EB4 #B44E5B

square

#8EB44E #4EB4A7 #744EB4 #B44E5B

split-complementary

#8EB44E #4E5BB4 #A74EB4

monochromatic

#4B5F28 #6D8A3B #8EB44E #A9C679 #C5D8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8EB44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#8EB44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB44E

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB44E	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.137 126.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca83',
    500: '#8eb44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb44e;
$custom-light: #b1ca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.353,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72026,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 126.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB44E

secondary

#A998C6

accent

#57D084

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB44E

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

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