#8EB457#8EB457

#8EB457 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.129 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB457
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 87)
HSL	hsl(85, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(85, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 51.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -28.19, 42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 51.32, 123.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0788 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.129 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1967, 39.0810, 15.0201)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB457 #7D57B4

analogous

#B4AC57 #8EB457 #60B457

triadic

#8EB457 #578EB4 #B4578E

tetradic

#8EB457 #57B4AC #7D57B4 #B45760

square

#8EB457 #57B4AC #7D57B4 #B45760

split-complementary

#8EB457 #5760B4 #AC57B4

monochromatic

#4D642D #6E8E40 #8EB457 #AAC781 #C7DAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8EB457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#8EB457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB457

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB457	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.129 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca89',
    500: '#8eb457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb457;
$custom-light: #b1ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.516,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72139,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB457

secondary

#B09FC8

accent

#5ACE89

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB457

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

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