#8EB261#8EB261

#8EB261 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.116 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB261
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(87, 34%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(87, 46%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 45.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -26.09, 37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 45.56, 124.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0722 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.116 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2331, 38.4542, 17.1892)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB261 #8561B2

analogous

#B2AE61 #8EB261 #66B261

triadic

#8EB261 #618EB2 #B2618E

tetradic

#8EB261 #61B2AE #8561B2 #B26166

square

#8EB261 #61B2AE #8561B2 #B26166

split-complementary

#8EB261 #6166B2 #AE61B2

monochromatic

#4F6732 #6F9046 #8EB261 #ABC68A #C9DAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8EB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#8EB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB261

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB261	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A85A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.116 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c98f',
    500: '#8eb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb261;
$custom-light: #b0c98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.667,
    "s": 34.468,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71812,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB261

secondary

#B5A6C9

accent

#5DCB8E

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB261

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

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