#8EB257#8EB257

#8EB257 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.126 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB257
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(84, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(84, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 51.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -27.23, 42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 50.21, 122.84°)
OKLab	oklab(71.67% -0.0761 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(71.67% 0.126 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7959, 38.2793, 14.8865)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB257 #7B57B2

analogous

#B2A957 #8EB257 #61B257

triadic

#8EB257 #578EB2 #B2578E

tetradic

#8EB257 #57B2A9 #7B57B2 #B25761

square

#8EB257 #57B2A9 #7B57B2 #B25761

split-complementary

#8EB257 #5761B2 #A957B2

monochromatic

#4D622D #6E8C40 #8EB257 #AAC581 #C6D8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8EB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#8EB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB257

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB257	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	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)

#BAA84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.126 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c989',
    500: '#8eb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb257;
$custom-light: #b1c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.736,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71668,
    "c": 0.126,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB257

secondary

#AE9EC6

accent

#5BCD88

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB257

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

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