#8EB951#8EB951

#8EB951 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.142 H 128.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB951
RGB	rgb(142, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(85, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(85, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 0%, 56.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -31.18, 47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 56.73, 123.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0876 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.142 128.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9893, 41.0422, 14.1249)
Luminance	0.4104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB951 #7C51B9

analogous

#B9B051 #8EB951 #5AB951

triadic

#8EB951 #518EB9 #B9518E

tetradic

#8EB951 #51B9B0 #7C51B9 #B9515A

square

#8EB951 #51B9B0 #7C51B9 #B9515A

split-complementary

#8EB951 #515AB9 #B051B9

monochromatic

#4D6629 #6E923B #8EB951 #AACB7D #C7DCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#8EB951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#8EB951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB951

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB951	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.142 128.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ce85',
    500: '#8eb951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb951;
$custom-light: #b1ce85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.808,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73244,
    "c": 0.14157,
    "h": 128.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB951

secondary

#AF9CCA

accent

#55D289

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9EF

border

#D0D2CA

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB951

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

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