#8EA259#8EA259

#8EA259 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.101 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA259
RGB	rgb(142, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(76, 29%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(76, 45%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 45.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -19.04, 35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 40.30, 118.18°)
OKLab	oklab(67.96% -0.053 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(67.96% 0.101 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8789, 32.3127, 14.3229)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA259 #6D59A2

analogous

#A29259 #8EA259 #6AA259

triadic

#8EA259 #598EA2 #A2598E

tetradic

#8EA259 #59A292 #6D59A2 #A2596A

square

#8EA259 #59A292 #6D59A2 #A2596A

split-complementary

#8EA259 #596AA2 #9259A2

monochromatic

#49532E #6B7B43 #8EA259 #A9B97F #C4CFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#8EA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#8EA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA259

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA259	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.101 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bd89',
    500: '#8ea259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea259;
$custom-light: #b0bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.438,
    "s": 29.084,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67957,
    "c": 0.10084,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA259

secondary

#A49ABC

accent

#62C57E

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F6F0

border

#CFD0CB

text

#11120C

muted

#80817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA259

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

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