#8EB23B#8EB23B

#8EB23B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.150 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB23B
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 59)
HSL	hsl(78, 50%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(78, 67%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 66.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, -29.70, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 62.12, 118.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.36% -0.0855 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(71.36% 0.15 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8653, 37.9071, 9.9856)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB23B #5F3BB2

analogous

#B29B3B #8EB23B #53B23B

triadic

#8EB23B #3B8EB2 #B23B8E

tetradic

#8EB23B #3BB29B #5F3BB2 #B23B53

square

#8EB23B #3BB29B #5F3BB2 #B23B53

split-complementary

#8EB23B #3B53B2 #9B3BB2

monochromatic

#45561D #69842C #8EB23B #AACA60 #C3DA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8EB23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#8EB23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB23B

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB23B	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)

#BCA72A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.150 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c977',
    500: '#8eb23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb23b;
$custom-light: #b2c977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.151,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71358,
    "c": 0.15046,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB23B

secondary

#9885C4

accent

#4EDA78

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB23B

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

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