#8EB451#8EB451

#8EB451 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.135 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB451
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(83, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(83, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 55%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -28.81, 45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 54.01, 122.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.081 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.135 127)
XYZ	xyz(28.9617, 38.9870, 13.7824)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB451 #7751B4

analogous

#B4A851 #8EB451 #5CB451

triadic

#8EB451 #518EB4 #B4518E

tetradic

#8EB451 #51B4A8 #7751B4 #B4515C

square

#8EB451 #51B4A8 #7751B4 #B4515C

split-complementary

#8EB451 #515CB4 #A851B4

monochromatic

#4C612A #6D8C3C #8EB451 #AAC67C #C6D9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8EB451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#8EB451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB451

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB451	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.135 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca85',
    500: '#8eb451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb451;
$custom-light: #b1ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.03,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72062,
    "c": 0.13463,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.38987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB451

secondary

#AB9BC6

accent

#58D086

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB451

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

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