#8EA55C#8EA55C

#8EA55C is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.102 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA55C
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 92)
HSL	hsl(79, 29%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(79, 44%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 44.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, -20.21, 35.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 40.51, 119.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.056 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.102 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5422, 33.4337, 15.1782)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA55C #735CA5

analogous

#A5975C #8EA55C #69A55C

triadic

#8EA55C #5C8EA5 #A55C8E

tetradic

#8EA55C #5CA597 #735CA5 #A55C69

square

#8EA55C #5CA597 #735CA5 #A55C69

split-complementary

#8EA55C #5C69A5 #975CA5

monochromatic

#4A5730 #6C7E46 #8EA55C #A9BB83 #C5D1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8EA55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#8EA55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA55C

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA55C	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.102 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bf8b',
    500: '#8ea55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea55c;
$custom-light: #b0bf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.904,
    "s": 28.854,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.687,
    "c": 0.10187,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA55C

secondary

#A89EBF

accent

#63C582

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F7F0

border

#CFD0CB

text

#11120C

muted

#80817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA55C

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

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