#8EB940#8EB940

#8EB940 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.156 H 126.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB940
RGB	rgb(142, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(81, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(81, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 0%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -32.64, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 63.71, 120.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0931 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.156 126.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4298, 40.8184, 11.1777)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB940 #6B40B9

analogous

#B9A840 #8EB940 #52B940

triadic

#8EB940 #408EB9 #B9408E

tetradic

#8EB940 #40B9A8 #6B40B9 #B94052

square

#8EB940 #40B9A8 #6B40B9 #B94052

split-complementary

#8EB940 #4052B9 #A840B9

monochromatic

#485E21 #6B8C30 #8EB940 #A9CC6B #C3DB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8EB940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#8EB940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB940

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB940	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.156 126.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ce7b',
    500: '#8eb940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb940;
$custom-light: #b2ce7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.322,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73067,
    "c": 0.15575,
    "h": 126.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB940

secondary

#A28EC7

accent

#50D880

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB940

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

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