#8EB55B#8EB55B

#8EB55B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.126 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB55B
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 91)
HSL	hsl(86, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(86, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 49.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -28.24, 41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 50.06, 124.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% -0.0786 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.126 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5673, 39.5534, 15.9723)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB55B #825BB5

analogous

#B5AF5B #8EB55B #61B55B

triadic

#8EB55B #5B8EB5 #B55B8E

tetradic

#8EB55B #5BB5AF #825BB5 #B55B61

square

#8EB55B #5BB5AF #825BB5 #B55B61

split-complementary

#8EB55B #5B61B5 #AF5BB5

monochromatic

#4F672F #6F9142 #8EB55B #ABC885 #C8DBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8EB55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#8EB55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB55B

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB55B	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.126 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cb8b',
    500: '#8eb55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb55b;
$custom-light: #b1cb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72429,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB55B

secondary

#B3A3C9

accent

#5ACE8C

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB55B

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

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