#8FB42E#8FB42E
#8FB42E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.161 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8FB42E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(143, 180, 46) |
| HSL | hsl(77, 59%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(77, 74%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(20.6%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.52, -31.05, 60.02) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(68.52, 67.57, 117.35°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.8% -0.0904 0.1333) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.8% 0.161 124.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.1424, 38.6792, 8.5674) |
| Luminance | 0.3868 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 1.13
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 2.07
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 2.26
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.32
Dark Lime
#84B701
ΔE00 2.81
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 2.85
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8FB42E #532EB4
analogous
#B4962E #8FB42E #4CB42E
triadic
#8FB42E #2E8FB4 #B42E8F
tetradic
#8FB42E #2EB496 #532EB4 #B42E4C
square
#8FB42E #2EB496 #532EB4 #B42E4C
split-complementary
#8FB42E #2E4CB4 #962EB4
monochromatic
#425315 #688322 #8FB42E #ADD24E #C4DE7E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.40
#8FB42E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.74
#8FB42E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8FB42E
8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8FB42E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8FB42E | 1.00 | 2.40 | 8.74 | 8.74 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.40 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.74 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEA811
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9A73A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#96AB9A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A7A7A7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8fb42e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 180, 46); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.161 124.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b3ca71',
500: '#8fb42e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8fb42e; $custom-light: #b3ca71; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8fb42e",
"rgb": {
"r": 143,
"g": 180,
"b": 46
},
"hsl": {
"h": 76.567,
"s": 59.292,
"l": 44.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71805,
"c": 0.16101,
"h": 124.1
},
"luminance": 0.38679
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8FB42E
secondary
#8D77C7
accent
#45E271
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F6F8ED
border
#D0D1C8
text
#111308
muted
#80827B