#8EB555#8EB555

#8EB555 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.132 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB555
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(84, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(84, 53%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 53%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -28.88, 44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 52.78, 123.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% -0.0809 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.132 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3187, 39.4539, 14.6633)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB555 #7C55B5

analogous

#B5AC55 #8EB555 #5EB555

triadic

#8EB555 #558EB5 #B5558E

tetradic

#8EB555 #55B5AC #7C55B5 #B5555E

square

#8EB555 #55B5AC #7C55B5 #B5555E

split-complementary

#8EB555 #555EB5 #AC55B5

monochromatic

#4D642C #6E8F3E #8EB555 #AAC880 #C7DAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8EB555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#8EB555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB555

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB555	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.132 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cb87',
    500: '#8eb555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb555;
$custom-light: #b1cb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.375,
    "s": 39.344,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72348,
    "c": 0.13223,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB555

secondary

#AF9EC8

accent

#59CF89

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB555

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →