#8EB72A#8EB72A

#8EB72A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.167 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB72A
RGB	rgb(142, 183, 42)
HSL	hsl(77, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(77, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 77%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -33.05, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 70.32, 118.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0961 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.167 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5070, 39.7846, 8.3674)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB72A #532AB7

analogous

#B79A2A #8EB72A #47B72A

triadic

#8EB72A #2A8EB7 #B72A8E

tetradic

#8EB72A #2AB79A #532AB7 #B72A47

square

#8EB72A #2AB79A #532AB7 #B72A47

split-complementary

#8EB72A #2A47B7 #9A2AB7

monochromatic

#415313 #67851F #8EB72A #ACD549 #C3E17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#8EB72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#8EB72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB72A

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB72A	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95AE9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 183, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.167 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3cc6f',
    500: '#8eb72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb72a;
$custom-light: #b3cc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.447,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72427,
    "c": 0.16731,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB72A

secondary

#8D74C9

accent

#42E672

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB72A

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

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