#8EB556#8EB556

#8EB556 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.131 H 127.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB556
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(85, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(85, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 52.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -28.78, 43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 52.33, 123.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0805 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.131 127.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3588, 39.4699, 14.8740)
Luminance	0.3947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB556 #7D56B5

analogous

#B5AD56 #8EB556 #5EB556

triadic

#8EB556 #568EB5 #B5568E

tetradic

#8EB556 #56B5AD #7D56B5 #B5565E

square

#8EB556 #56B5AD #7D56B5 #B5565E

split-complementary

#8EB556 #565EB5 #AD56B5

monochromatic

#4D652C #6E8F3F #8EB556 #AAC881 #C7DAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8EB556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#8EB556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB556

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB556	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)

#BDAA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.131 127.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cb88',
    500: '#8eb556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb556;
$custom-light: #b1cb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.632,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72361,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 127.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB556

secondary

#B09FC8

accent

#59CF89

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB556

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

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