#8EA159#8EA159

#8EA159 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.099 H 121.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA159
RGB	rgb(142, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 29%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(76, 45%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 44.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, -18.52, 35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 39.75, 117.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% -0.0515 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.099 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7034, 31.9618, 14.2644)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA159 #6C59A1

analogous

#A19059 #8EA159 #6AA159

triadic

#8EA159 #598EA1 #A1598E

tetradic

#8EA159 #59A190 #6C59A1 #A1596A

square

#8EA159 #59A190 #6C59A1 #A1596A

split-complementary

#8EA159 #596AA1 #9059A1

monochromatic

#48522D #6B7A43 #8EA159 #A9B87F #C4CEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#8EA159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#8EA159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA159

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA159	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6995D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.099 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bc89',
    500: '#8ea159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea159;
$custom-light: #b0bc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.833,
    "s": 28.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67725,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA159

secondary

#A39ABC

accent

#63C57D

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F6F0

border

#CFD0CB

text

#11120B

muted

#80817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA159

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

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