#8EC449#8EC449
#8EC449 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.163 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8EC449 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(142, 196, 73) |
| HSL | hsl(86, 51%, 53%) |
| HSV | hsv(86, 63%, 77%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(27.6%, 0%, 62.8%, 23.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.36, -36.97, 54.50) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.36, 65.86, 124.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.77% -0.1043 0.1255) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.77% 0.163 129.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.0976, 45.7108, 13.4340) |
| Luminance | 0.4571 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Yellowgreen
#9ACD32
ΔE00 4.27
Apple Green
#76CD26
ΔE00 4.76
Dark Lime Green
#7EBD01
ΔE00 4.80
Apple
#6ECB3C
ΔE00 4.83
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 5.15
Turtle Green
#75B84F
ΔE00 5.28
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8EC449 #7F49C4
analogous
#C4BC49 #8EC449 #51C449
triadic
#8EC449 #498EC4 #C4498E
tetradic
#8EC449 #49C4BC #7F49C4 #C44951
square
#8EC449 #49C4BC #7F49C4 #C44951
split-complementary
#8EC449 #4951C4 #BC49C4
monochromatic
#4E6F24 #6E9D33 #8EC449 #ABD377 #C7E2A5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.07
#8EC449 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.14
#8EC449 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8EC449
10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8EC449 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8EC449 | 1.00 | 2.07 | 10.14 | 10.14 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.07 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CDB73A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B352
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#92BCAA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8ec449; /* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 196, 73); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.163 129.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b2d681',
500: '#8ec449',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8ec449; $custom-light: #b2d681; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8ec449",
"rgb": {
"r": 142,
"g": 196,
"b": 73
},
"hsl": {
"h": 86.341,
"s": 51.037,
"l": 52.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75773,
"c": 0.16319,
"h": 129.7
},
"luminance": 0.45712
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8EC449
secondary
#B19ACF
accent
#4DDB8B
background
#FBFDF8
surface
#F6FAEF
border
#D0D3CA
text
#11140B
muted
#80837C