#8EC949#8EC949

#8EC949 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.170 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC949
RGB	rgb(142, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(88, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(88, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.4%, 0%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -39.21, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 68.44, 124.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.1104 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.17 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2443, 48.0041, 13.8162)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC949 #8449C9

analogous

#C9C449 #8EC949 #4EC949

triadic

#8EC949 #498EC9 #C9498E

tetradic

#8EC949 #49C9C4 #8449C9 #C9494E

square

#8EC949 #49C9C4 #8449C9 #C9494E

split-complementary

#8EC949 #494EC9 #C449C9

monochromatic

#4F7523 #6FA431 #8EC949 #ABD778 #C9E5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#8EC949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#8EC949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC949

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC949	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91C1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.170 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3d981',
    500: '#8ec949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec949;
$custom-light: #b3d981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.656,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76967,
    "c": 0.16974,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC949

secondary

#B59CD2

accent

#4ADE8E

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAEF

border

#D0D3CA

text

#11140B

muted

#80837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC949

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

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