#8EB459#8EB459

#8EB459 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.127 H 128.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB459
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(85, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -27.98, 41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 50.41, 123.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.078 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.127 128)
XYZ	xyz(29.2796, 39.1141, 15.4564)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB459 #7F59B4

analogous

#B4AC59 #8EB459 #60B459

triadic

#8EB459 #598EB4 #B4598E

tetradic

#8EB459 #59B4AC #7F59B4 #B45960

square

#8EB459 #59B4AC #7F59B4 #B45960

split-complementary

#8EB459 #5960B4 #AC59B4

monochromatic

#4E652E #6E8F41 #8EB459 #ABC783 #C7DAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8EB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#8EB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB459

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB459	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)

#BCAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.127 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca8a',
    500: '#8eb459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb459;
$custom-light: #b1ca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.055,
    "s": 37.759,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72166,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.39115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB459

secondary

#B1A1C8

accent

#5ACE8A

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB459

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

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