#8EB255#8EB255

#8EB255 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.128 H 126.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB255
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(83, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(83, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, -27.44, 43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 51.12, 122.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.64% -0.0768 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(71.64% 0.128 126.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.7153, 38.2471, 14.4621)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB255 #7955B2

analogous

#B2A855 #8EB255 #60B255

triadic

#8EB255 #558EB2 #B2558E

tetradic

#8EB255 #55B2A8 #7955B2 #B25560

square

#8EB255 #55B2A8 #7955B2 #B25560

split-complementary

#8EB255 #5560B2 #A855B2

monochromatic

#4C612C #6D8B3F #8EB255 #AAC57F #C6D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8EB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#8EB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB255

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB255	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.128 126.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c987',
    500: '#8eb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb255;
$custom-light: #b1c987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.226,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71641,
    "c": 0.12798,
    "h": 126.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB255

secondary

#AD9DC6

accent

#5ACE87

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB255

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

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