#8EB259#8EB259

#8EB259 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.124 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB259
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(84, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(84, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -27.01, 41.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 49.29, 123.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0753 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.124 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8787, 38.3124, 15.3228)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB259 #7D59B2

analogous

#B2AA59 #8EB259 #61B259

triadic

#8EB259 #598EB2 #B2598E

tetradic

#8EB259 #59B2AA #7D59B2 #B25961

square

#8EB259 #59B2AA #7D59B2 #B25961

split-complementary

#8EB259 #5961B2 #AA59B2

monochromatic

#4D632E #6E8D41 #8EB259 #AAC583 #C7D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8EB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#8EB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB259

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB259	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#BAA851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.124 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c98a',
    500: '#8eb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb259;
$custom-light: #b1c98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.27,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71695,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB259

secondary

#B0A0C7

accent

#5BCD89

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB259

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

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