#8EBE42#8EBE42

#8EBE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.161 H 128.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EBE42
RGB	rgb(142, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(83, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(83, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -34.80, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 65.48, 122.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.0989 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.161 128)
XYZ	xyz(30.5521, 42.9704, 11.8377)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EBE42 #7242BE

analogous

#BEB042 #8EBE42 #50BE42

triadic

#8EBE42 #428EBE #BE428E

tetradic

#8EBE42 #42BEB0 #7242BE #BE4250

square

#8EBE42 #42BEB0 #7242BE #BE4250

split-complementary

#8EBE42 #4250BE #B042BE

monochromatic

#4A6322 #6C9132 #8EBE42 #A9CE70 #C4DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#8EBE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#8EBE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EBE42

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EBE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EBE42	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ebe42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.161 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d17c',
    500: '#8ebe42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ebe42;
$custom-light: #b2d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ebe42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.226,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74276,
    "c": 0.16072,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.42971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EBE42

secondary

#A892CA

accent

#4FD884

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#11140A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EBE42

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

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