#8EB551#8EB551

#8EB551 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.136 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB551
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(83, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(83, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 55.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.03, -29.29, 46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.03, 54.55, 122.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0823 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.136 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1643, 39.3922, 13.8499)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB551 #7851B5

analogous

#B5AA51 #8EB551 #5CB551

triadic

#8EB551 #518EB5 #B5518E

tetradic

#8EB551 #51B5AA #7851B5 #B5515C

square

#8EB551 #51B5AA #7851B5 #B5515C

split-complementary

#8EB551 #515CB5 #AA51B5

monochromatic

#4C622A #6D8D3C #8EB551 #AAC77C #C6DAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8EB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#8EB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB551

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB551	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.136 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cb85',
    500: '#8eb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb551;
$custom-light: #b1cb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.4,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72298,
    "c": 0.13603,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB551

secondary

#AC9BC7

accent

#58D087

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB551

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

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