#8EB456#8EB456

#8EB456 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.130 H 127.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB456
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 86)
HSL	hsl(84, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(84, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 52.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -28.30, 43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 51.77, 123.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0792 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.13 127.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1562, 39.0647, 14.8065)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB456 #7C56B4

analogous

#B4AB56 #8EB456 #5FB456

triadic

#8EB456 #568EB4 #B4568E

tetradic

#8EB456 #56B4AB #7C56B4 #B4565F

square

#8EB456 #56B4AB #7C56B4 #B4565F

split-complementary

#8EB456 #565FB4 #AB56B4

monochromatic

#4D632C #6E8E3F #8EB456 #AAC780 #C7DAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8EB456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#8EB456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB456

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB456	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.130 127.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca88',
    500: '#8eb456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb456;
$custom-light: #b1ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.255,
    "s": 38.525,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72125,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 127.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB456

secondary

#AF9EC7

accent

#59CE89

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB456

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

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