#8EA55B#8EA55B

#8EA55B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.103 H 123.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA55B
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 91)
HSL	hsl(79, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(79, 45%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 44.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, -20.33, 35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 41.00, 119.72°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0565 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.103 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.4988, 33.4163, 14.9495)
Luminance	0.3342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA55B #725BA5

analogous

#A5975B #8EA55B #69A55B

triadic

#8EA55B #5B8EA5 #A55B8E

tetradic

#8EA55B #5BA597 #725BA5 #A55B69

square

#8EA55B #5BA597 #725BA5 #A55B69

split-complementary

#8EA55B #5B69A5 #975BA5

monochromatic

#4A562F #6C7E45 #8EA55B #A9BB83 #C4D0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8EA55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#8EA55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA55B

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA55B	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.103 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bf8b',
    500: '#8ea55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea55b;
$custom-light: #b0bf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.649,
    "s": 29.134,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68685,
    "c": 0.10298,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA55B

secondary

#A89DBE

accent

#62C581

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F7F0

border

#CFD0CB

text

#11120C

muted

#80817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA55B

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

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