#8EB53D#8EB53D

#8EB53D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.153 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB53D
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(80, 50%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(80, 66%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 66.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -30.98, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 62.85, 119.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0888 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.153 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5216, 39.1351, 10.4652)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB53D #643DB5

analogous

#B5A03D #8EB53D #52B53D

triadic

#8EB53D #3D8EB5 #B53D8E

tetradic

#8EB53D #3DB5A0 #643DB5 #B53D52

square

#8EB53D #3DB5A0 #643DB5 #B53D52

split-complementary

#8EB53D #3D52B5 #A03DB5

monochromatic

#46591E #6A872E #8EB53D #AACB64 #C3DA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8EB53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#8EB53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB53D

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB53D	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)

#BFA92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AD9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.153 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2cb79',
    500: '#8eb53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb53d;
$custom-light: #b2cb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.5,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72088,
    "c": 0.15283,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB53D

secondary

#9C88C5

accent

#4FD97C

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB53D

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

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