#8EB256#8EB256

#8EB256 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.127 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB256
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(83, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(83, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 51.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -27.33, 42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 50.67, 122.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0765 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.127 127)
XYZ	xyz(28.7553, 38.2631, 14.6729)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB256 #7A56B2

analogous

#B2A856 #8EB256 #60B256

triadic

#8EB256 #568EB2 #B2568E

tetradic

#8EB256 #56B2A8 #7A56B2 #B25660

square

#8EB256 #56B2A8 #7A56B2 #B25660

split-complementary

#8EB256 #5660B2 #A856B2

monochromatic

#4D612C #6E8B3F #8EB256 #AAC580 #C6D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8EB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#8EB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB256

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB256	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)

#BAA84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.127 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c988',
    500: '#8eb256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb256;
$custom-light: #b1c988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.478,
    "s": 37.398,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71654,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.38263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB256

secondary

#AE9EC6

accent

#5ACD87

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB256

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

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