#8EB53F#8EB53F
#8EB53F is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.151 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8EB53F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(142, 181, 63) |
| HSL | hsl(80, 48%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(80, 65%, 71%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 65.2%, 29%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(68.86, -30.84, 53.87) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(68.86, 62.07, 119.79°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.11% -0.0882 0.1229) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.11% 0.151 125.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.5765, 39.1571, 10.7542) |
| Luminance | 0.3916 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 1.93
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.92
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 3.66
Avocado Green
#87A922
ΔE00 4.09
Dark Lime
#84B701
ΔE00 4.11
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 4.12
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8EB53F #663FB5
analogous
#B5A13F #8EB53F #53B53F
triadic
#8EB53F #3F8EB5 #B53F8E
tetradic
#8EB53F #3FB5A1 #663FB5 #B53F53
square
#8EB53F #3FB5A1 #663FB5 #B53F53
split-complementary
#8EB53F #3F53B5 #A13FB5
monochromatic
#475A1F #6A882F #8EB53F #A9CA67 #C3DA94
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.38
#8EB53F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.83
#8EB53F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8EB53F
8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8EB53F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8EB53F | 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)
#BEA930
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9A748
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#94AD9D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8eb53f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 63); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.151 125.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b2cb7a',
500: '#8eb53f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8eb53f; $custom-light: #b2cb7a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8eb53f",
"rgb": {
"r": 142,
"g": 181,
"b": 63
},
"hsl": {
"h": 79.831,
"s": 48.361,
"l": 47.843
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72106,
"c": 0.15133,
"h": 125.7
},
"luminance": 0.39157
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8EB53F
secondary
#9E8AC5
accent
#50D87D
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F6F8EE
border
#D0D1C9
text
#111309
muted
#80827B