#8FAE2A#8FAE2A

#8FAE2A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.156 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8FAE2A
RGB	rgb(143, 174, 42)
HSL	hsl(74, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(74, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 0%, 75.9%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -28.40, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 66.08, 115.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0834 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.156 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8821, 36.2788, 7.7763)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8FAE2A #492AAE

analogous

#AE8B2A #8FAE2A #4DAE2A

triadic

#8FAE2A #2A8FAE #AE2A8F

tetradic

#8FAE2A #2AAE8B #492AAE #AE2A4D

square

#8FAE2A #2AAE8B #492AAE #AE2A4D

split-complementary

#8FAE2A #2A4DAE #8B2AAE

monochromatic

#3E4B12 #667D1E #8FAE2A #B0D243 #C5DE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8FAE2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#8FAE2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8FAE2A

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8FAE2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8FAE2A	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A30A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8fae2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 174, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.156 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3c66e',
    500: '#8fae2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8fae2a;
$custom-light: #b3c66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8fae2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70354,
    "c": 0.15605,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8FAE2A

secondary

#836FC5

accent

#44E469

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8FAE2A

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

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