#8FAE27#8FAE27

#8FAE27 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.158 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8FAE27
RGB	rgb(143, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(74, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(74, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -28.54, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 67.00, 115.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0841 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.158 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8304, 36.2582, 7.5041)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8FAE27 #4627AE

analogous

#AE8A27 #8FAE27 #4CAE27

triadic

#8FAE27 #278FAE #AE278F

tetradic

#8FAE27 #27AE8A #4627AE #AE274C

square

#8FAE27 #27AE8A #4627AE #AE274C

split-complementary

#8FAE27 #274CAE #8A27AE

monochromatic

#3D4A11 #667C1C #8FAE27 #B2D43E #C6DF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8FAE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#8FAE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8FAE27

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8FAE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8FAE27	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8fae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.158 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c66d',
    500: '#8fae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8fae27;
$custom-light: #b3c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8fae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.778,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70337,
    "c": 0.15765,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8FAE27

secondary

#806BC6

accent

#41E667

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8FAE27

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

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