#8EB359#8EB359

#8EB359 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.125 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB359
RGB	rgb(142, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(85, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -27.50, 41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 49.85, 123.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0767 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.125 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0784, 38.7118, 15.3894)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB359 #7E59B3

analogous

#B3AB59 #8EB359 #61B359

triadic

#8EB359 #598EB3 #B3598E

tetradic

#8EB359 #59B3AB #7E59B3 #B35961

square

#8EB359 #59B3AB #7E59B3 #B35961

split-complementary

#8EB359 #5961B3 #AB59B3

monochromatic

#4E642E #6E8E41 #8EB359 #ABC683 #C7D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8EB359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#8EB359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB359

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB359	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.125 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca8a',
    500: '#8eb359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb359;
$custom-light: #b1ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.667,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7193,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB359

secondary

#B0A0C7

accent

#5BCD8A

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB359

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

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