#8EB549#8EB549

#8EB549 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.143 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB549
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(82, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(82, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 59.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -30.03, 49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 58.00, 121.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% -0.0851 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.143 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.8818, 39.2792, 12.3621)
Luminance	0.3928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB549 #7049B5

analogous

#B5A649 #8EB549 #58B549

triadic

#8EB549 #498EB5 #B5498E

tetradic

#8EB549 #49B5A6 #7049B5 #B54958

square

#8EB549 #49B5A6 #7049B5 #B54958

split-complementary

#8EB549 #4958B5 #A649B5

monochromatic

#4A5E26 #6C8937 #8EB549 #A9C774 #C4D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8EB549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#8EB549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB549

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB549	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.143 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2cb80',
    500: '#8eb549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb549;
$custom-light: #b2cb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.667,
    "s": 42.52,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72206,
    "c": 0.14321,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB549

secondary

#A694C5

accent

#55D283

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB549

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

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