#8EB251#8EB251

#8EB251 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.132 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB251
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(82, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(82, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 54.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -27.85, 45.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 52.92, 121.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.0783 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.132 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5609, 38.1853, 13.6488)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB251 #7551B2

analogous

#B2A551 #8EB251 #5DB251

triadic

#8EB251 #518EB2 #B2518E

tetradic

#8EB251 #51B2A5 #7551B2 #B2515D

square

#8EB251 #51B2A5 #7551B2 #B2515D

split-complementary

#8EB251 #515DB2 #A551B2

monochromatic

#4B5F2A #6D893D #8EB251 #AAC57B #C5D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8EB251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#8EB251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB251

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB251	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.132 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c985',
    500: '#8eb251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb251;
$custom-light: #b1c985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.268,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7159,
    "c": 0.13185,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB251

secondary

#AA9AC5

accent

#59CF85

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB251

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

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