#8EB73B#8EB73B
#8EB73B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.157 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8EB73B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(142, 183, 59) |
| HSL | hsl(80, 51%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(80, 68%, 72%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 67.8%, 28.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.42, -32.06, 56.08) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.42, 64.60, 119.76°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.55% -0.092 0.127) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.55% 0.157 125.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.8784, 39.9331, 10.3233) |
| Luminance | 0.3993 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 2.11
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.95
Dark Lime
#84B701
ΔE00 3.51
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 3.66
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 3.82
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 3.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8EB73B #643BB7
analogous
#B7A23B #8EB73B #50B73B
triadic
#8EB73B #3B8EB7 #B73B8E
tetradic
#8EB73B #3BB7A2 #643BB7 #B73B50
square
#8EB73B #3BB7A2 #643BB7 #B73B50
split-complementary
#8EB73B #3B50B7 #A23BB7
monochromatic
#465A1D #6A892C #8EB73B #AACD63 #C3DC91
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.34
#8EB73B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.99
#8EB73B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8EB73B
8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8EB73B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8EB73B | 1.00 | 2.34 | 8.99 | 8.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.34 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1AB29
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA945
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#94AF9E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8eb73b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 183, 59); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.157 125.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b2cc78',
500: '#8eb73b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8eb73b; $custom-light: #b2cc78; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8eb73b",
"rgb": {
"r": 142,
"g": 183,
"b": 59
},
"hsl": {
"h": 79.839,
"s": 51.24,
"l": 47.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72547,
"c": 0.15683,
"h": 125.9
},
"luminance": 0.39934
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8EB73B
secondary
#9C87C6
accent
#4DDB7C
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F6F9EE
border
#D0D2C9
text
#111309
muted
#80827B