#8EB557#8EB557

#8EB557 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.130 H 128.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB557
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(85, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(85, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 51.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -28.67, 43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 51.88, 123.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0801 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.13 128)
XYZ	xyz(29.3993, 39.4862, 15.0877)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB557 #7E57B5

analogous

#B5AD57 #8EB557 #5FB557

triadic

#8EB557 #578EB5 #B5578E

tetradic

#8EB557 #57B5AD #7E57B5 #B5575F

square

#8EB557 #57B5AD #7E57B5 #B5575F

split-complementary

#8EB557 #575FB5 #AD57B5

monochromatic

#4E652D #6E903F #8EB557 #ABC881 #C7DAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8EB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#8EB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB557

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB557	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.130 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cb89',
    500: '#8eb557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb557;
$custom-light: #b1cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.894,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72374,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.39487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB557

secondary

#B09FC8

accent

#59CF8A

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB557

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

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