#8EB559#8EB559

#8EB559 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.128 H 128.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB559
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(85, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 50.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -28.46, 42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 50.97, 123.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0794 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.128 128.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.4822, 39.5193, 15.5240)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB559 #8059B5

analogous

#B5AE59 #8EB559 #60B559

triadic

#8EB559 #598EB5 #B5598E

tetradic

#8EB559 #59B5AE #8059B5 #B55960

square

#8EB559 #59B5AE #8059B5 #B55960

split-complementary

#8EB559 #5960B5 #AE59B5

monochromatic

#4E662E #6E9040 #8EB559 #ABC883 #C8DBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8EB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#8EB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB559

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB559	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)

#BDAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.128 128.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cb8a',
    500: '#8eb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb559;
$custom-light: #b1cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.435,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72401,
    "c": 0.12831,
    "h": 128.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB559

secondary

#B2A1C9

accent

#5ACE8B

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB559

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

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