#8EB856#8EB856

#8EB856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.136 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB856
RGB	rgb(142, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(86, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(86, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 0%, 53.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -30.21, 44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 53.99, 124.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0845 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.136 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9753, 40.7031, 15.0795)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB856 #8056B8

analogous

#B8B156 #8EB856 #5DB856

triadic

#8EB856 #568EB8 #B8568E

tetradic

#8EB856 #56B8B1 #8056B8 #B8565D

square

#8EB856 #56B8B1 #8056B8 #B8565D

split-complementary

#8EB856 #565DB8 #B156B8

monochromatic

#4E682C #6E933E #8EB856 #ABCA81 #C8DCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8EB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#8EB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB856

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB856	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.136 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cd88',
    500: '#8eb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb856;
$custom-light: #b1cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73069,
    "c": 0.13551,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB856

secondary

#B2A0CA

accent

#57D18B

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB856

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

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