#8EA55E#8EA55E

#8EA55E is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.100 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA55E
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 94)
HSL	hsl(79, 28%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(79, 43%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 43%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.54, -19.97, 34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.54, 39.52, 120.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% -0.0552 0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.1 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6308, 33.4691, 15.6447)
Luminance	0.3347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA55E #755EA5

analogous

#A5985E #8EA55E #6AA55E

triadic

#8EA55E #5E8EA5 #A55E8E

tetradic

#8EA55E #5EA598 #755EA5 #A55E6A

square

#8EA55E #5EA598 #755EA5 #A55E6A

split-complementary

#8EA55E #5E6AA5 #985EA5

monochromatic

#4B5831 #6D7F47 #8EA55E #AABB85 #C5D1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#8EA55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#8EA55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA55E

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA55E	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)

#AC9D58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.100 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0bf8d',
    500: '#8ea55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea55e;
$custom-light: #b0bf8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.437,
    "s": 28.287,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68732,
    "c": 0.09962,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA55E

secondary

#AAA0BF

accent

#63C583

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F7F0

border

#CFD0CB

text

#11120C

muted

#80817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA55E

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

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