#8EB62E#8EB62E
#8EB62E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.164 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8EB62E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(142, 182, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(78, 60%, 45%) |
| HSV | hsv(78, 75%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(22%, 0%, 74.7%, 28.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.04, -32.38, 60.50) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.04, 68.62, 118.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.21% -0.094 0.1343) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.21% 0.164 125) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.3767, 39.4036, 8.6949) |
| Luminance | 0.3940 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 1.73
Dark Lime
#84B701
ΔE00 2.47
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 2.69
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.69
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 2.70
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 2.99
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8EB62E #562EB6
analogous
#B69A2E #8EB62E #4AB62E
triadic
#8EB62E #2E8EB6 #B62E8E
tetradic
#8EB62E #2EB69A #562EB6 #B62E4A
square
#8EB62E #2EB69A #562EB6 #B62E4A
split-complementary
#8EB62E #2E4AB6 #9A2EB6
monochromatic
#425415 #688522 #8EB62E #ACD24F #C3DF80
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.36
#8EB62E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.88
#8EB62E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8EB62E
8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8EB62E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8EB62E | 1.00 | 2.36 | 8.88 | 8.88 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.36 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.88 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0AA10
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA83B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#95AD9C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8eb62e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 182, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.164 125.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b3cc71',
500: '#8eb62e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8eb62e; $custom-light: #b3cc71; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8eb62e",
"rgb": {
"r": 142,
"g": 182,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 77.647,
"s": 59.649,
"l": 44.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72213,
"c": 0.16392,
"h": 125
},
"luminance": 0.39404
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8EB62E
secondary
#9078C8
accent
#45E373
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F6F8ED
border
#D0D1C8
text
#111308
muted
#80827B