#8EA53B#8EA53B

#8EA53B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.134 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA53B
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(73, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(73, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 64.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, -23.38, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 55.68, 114.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.068 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.134 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4002, 32.9769, 9.1639)
Luminance	0.3298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA53B #523BA5

analogous

#A5873B #8EA53B #59A53B

triadic

#8EA53B #3B8EA5 #A53B8E

tetradic

#8EA53B #3BA587 #523BA5 #A53B59

square

#8EA53B #3BA587 #523BA5 #A53B59

split-complementary

#8EA53B #3B59A5 #873BA5

monochromatic

#404B1B #67782B #8EA53B #ADC459 #C3D486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#8EA53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#8EA53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA53B

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA53B	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.134 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bf76',
    500: '#8ea53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea53b;
$custom-light: #b2bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.019,
    "s": 47.321,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68285,
    "c": 0.13387,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA53B

secondary

#8C7EBE

accent

#51D76E

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111209

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA53B

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

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