#8EC549#8EC549

#8EC549 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.165 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC549
RGB	rgb(142, 197, 73)
HSL	hsl(87, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 0%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -37.42, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 66.38, 124.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.1055 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.165 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3240, 46.1635, 13.5094)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC549 #8049C5

analogous

#C5BE49 #8EC549 #50C549

triadic

#8EC549 #498EC5 #C5498E

tetradic

#8EC549 #49C5BE #8049C5 #C54950

square

#8EC549 #49C5BE #8049C5 #C54950

split-complementary

#8EC549 #4950C5 #BE49C5

monochromatic

#4E7024 #6E9E32 #8EC549 #ABD477 #C8E3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#8EC549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#8EC549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC549

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC549	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91BDAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 197, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.165 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2d781',
    500: '#8ec549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec549;
$custom-light: #b2d781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.613,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76012,
    "c": 0.16451,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC549

secondary

#B29AD0

accent

#4DDB8C

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAEF

border

#D0D3CA

text

#11140B

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC549

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

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