#8EB53B#8EB53B

#8EB53B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.154 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB53B
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(79, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(79, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -31.12, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 63.61, 119.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0894 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.154 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4688, 39.1140, 10.1867)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB53B #623BB5

analogous

#B59F3B #8EB53B #51B53B

triadic

#8EB53B #3B8EB5 #B53B8E

tetradic

#8EB53B #3BB59F #623BB5 #B53B51

square

#8EB53B #3BB59F #623BB5 #B53B51

split-complementary

#8EB53B #3B51B5 #9F3BB5

monochromatic

#46591D #6A872C #8EB53B #AACC62 #C3DB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8EB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#8EB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB53B

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB53B	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)

#BFA92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AD9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.154 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2cb78',
    500: '#8eb53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb53b;
$custom-light: #b2cb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.18,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72071,
    "c": 0.15428,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB53B

secondary

#9A86C6

accent

#4DDA7B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB53B

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

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