#8EB45B#8EB45B

#8EB45B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.125 H 128.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB45B
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 91)
HSL	hsl(86, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(86, 49%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 49.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -27.76, 40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 49.49, 124.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0773 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.125 128.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.3647, 39.1482, 15.9048)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB45B #815BB4

analogous

#B4AD5B #8EB45B #61B45B

triadic

#8EB45B #5B8EB4 #B45B8E

tetradic

#8EB45B #5BB4AD #815BB4 #B45B61

square

#8EB45B #5BB4AD #815BB4 #B45B61

split-complementary

#8EB45B #5B61B4 #AD5BB4

monochromatic

#4E662F #6F9042 #8EB45B #ABC785 #C8DAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8EB45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#8EB45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB45B

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB45B	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.125 128.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca8b',
    500: '#8eb45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb45b;
$custom-light: #b1ca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.618,
    "s": 37.238,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72194,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 128.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB45B

secondary

#B3A2C9

accent

#5BCD8C

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB45B

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

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