#8EB16D#8EB16D

#8EB16D is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.101 H 130.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB16D
RGB	rgb(142, 177, 109)
HSL	hsl(91, 30%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(91, 38%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 0%, 38.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -24.05, 30.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 39.23, 127.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0658 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.101 130.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6373, 38.2987, 20.2960)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB16D #906DB1

analogous

#B0B16D #8EB16D #6DB16E

triadic

#8EB16D #6D8EB1 #B16D8E

tetradic

#8EB16D #6DB0B1 #906DB1 #B16E6D

square

#8EB16D #6DB0B1 #906DB1 #B16E6D

split-complementary

#8EB16D #6E6DB1 #B16DB0

monochromatic

#516B39 #6F934E #8EB16D #ADC695 #CCDCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8EB16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#8EB16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB16D

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB16D	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 177, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.101 130.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c897',
    500: '#8eb16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb16d;
$custom-light: #b0c897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.882,
    "s": 30.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71778,
    "c": 0.10089,
    "h": 130.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB16D

secondary

#BDAFCB

accent

#61C795

background

#FAFCF9

surface

#F5F8F2

border

#CFD1CC

text

#10130D

muted

#7F827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB16D

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

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