#8EB159#8EB159

#8EB159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.123 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB159
RGB	rgb(142, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(84, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(84, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -26.52, 40.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 48.73, 122.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.074 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.123 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6805, 37.9160, 15.2568)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB159 #7C59B1

analogous

#B1A859 #8EB159 #62B159

triadic

#8EB159 #598EB1 #B1598E

tetradic

#8EB159 #59B1A8 #7C59B1 #B15962

square

#8EB159 #59B1A8 #7C59B1 #B15962

split-complementary

#8EB159 #5962B1 #A859B1

monochromatic

#4D622E #6E8B41 #8EB159 #AAC583 #C7D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8EB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#8EB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB159

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB159	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.123 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c88a',
    500: '#8eb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb159;
$custom-light: #b1c88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.864,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7146,
    "c": 0.12255,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB159

secondary

#AFA0C6

accent

#5CCC88

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB159

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

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