#8EB561#8EB561

#8EB561 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.120 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB561
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(88, 36%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(88, 46%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 46.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -27.55, 38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 47.28, 125.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0762 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.12 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8365, 39.6611, 17.3904)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB561 #8861B5

analogous

#B5B261 #8EB561 #64B561

triadic

#8EB561 #618EB5 #B5618E

tetradic

#8EB561 #61B5B2 #8861B5 #B56164

square

#8EB561 #61B5B2 #8861B5 #B56164

split-complementary

#8EB561 #6164B5 #B261B5

monochromatic

#506A32 #6F9445 #8EB561 #ACC98B #CADCB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8EB561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#8EB561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB561

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB561	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAB5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.120 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cb8f',
    500: '#8eb561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb561;
$custom-light: #b1cb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.857,
    "s": 36.207,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72516,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB561

secondary

#B8A7CB

accent

#5CCC90

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB561

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

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