#8EA55D#8EA55D

#8EA55D is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.101 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA55D
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 93)
HSL	hsl(79, 29%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(79, 44%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 43.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.52, -20.09, 34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.52, 40.02, 120.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0556 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.101 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5862, 33.4513, 15.4099)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA55D #745DA5

analogous

#A5985D #8EA55D #6AA55D

triadic

#8EA55D #5D8EA5 #A55D8E

tetradic

#8EA55D #5DA598 #745DA5 #A55D6A

square

#8EA55D #5DA598 #745DA5 #A55D6A

split-complementary

#8EA55D #5D6AA5 #985DA5

monochromatic

#4B5730 #6D7F46 #8EA55D #A9BB84 #C5D1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8EA55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#8EA55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA55D

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA55D	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)

#AC9D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.101 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bf8c',
    500: '#8ea55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea55d;
$custom-light: #b0bf8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.167,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68716,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA55D

secondary

#A99FBF

accent

#63C582

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F7F0

border

#CFD0CB

text

#11120C

muted

#80817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA55D

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

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