#8EC22C#8EC22C

#8EC22C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.179 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC22C
RGB	rgb(142, 194, 44)
HSL	hsl(81, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(81, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 0%, 77.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.57, -37.96, 64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.57, 74.83, 120.49°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.1093 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.18 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9018, 44.5155, 9.3467)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC22C #602CC2

analogous

#C2AB2C #8EC22C #43C22C

triadic

#8EC22C #2C8EC2 #C22C8E

tetradic

#8EC22C #2CC2AB #602CC2 #C22C43

square

#8EC22C #2CC2AB #602CC2 #C22C43

split-complementary

#8EC22C #2C43C2 #AB2CC2

monochromatic

#455E15 #699021 #8EC22C #AAD853 #C3E385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#8EC22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#8EC22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC22C

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC22C	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 194, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.179 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3d471',
    500: '#8ec22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec22c;
$custom-light: #b3d471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.8,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75072,
    "c": 0.1795,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC22C

secondary

#997DCD

accent

#42E67B

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FAED

border

#D0D3C8

text

#111408

muted

#80837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC22C

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

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