#8EB949#8EB949

#8EB949 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.149 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB949
RGB	rgb(142, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(83, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(83, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 0%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -31.91, 50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 60.11, 122.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0903 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.149 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7068, 40.9292, 12.6371)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB949 #7449B9

analogous

#B9AC49 #8EB949 #56B949

triadic

#8EB949 #498EB9 #B9498E

tetradic

#8EB949 #49B9AC #7449B9 #B94956

square

#8EB949 #49B9AC #7449B9 #B94956

split-complementary

#8EB949 #4956B9 #AC49B9

monochromatic

#4B6226 #6D8E37 #8EB949 #A9CA75 #C5DBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8EB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#8EB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB949

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB949	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.149 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ce80',
    500: '#8eb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb949;
$custom-light: #b2ce80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.036,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73155,
    "c": 0.14858,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB949

secondary

#A996C8

accent

#54D485

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9EF

border

#D0D2CA

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB949

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

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