#8EBB59#8EBB59

#8EBB59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.137 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EBB59
RGB	rgb(142, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(88, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(88, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.1%, 0%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -31.31, 44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 54.32, 125.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0873 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.137 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7285, 42.0120, 15.9394)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EBB59 #8659BB

analogous

#BBB759 #8EBB59 #5DBB59

triadic

#8EBB59 #598EBB #BB598E

tetradic

#8EBB59 #59BBB7 #8659BB #BB595D

square

#8EBB59 #59BBB7 #8659BB #BB595D

split-complementary

#8EBB59 #595DBB #B759BB

monochromatic

#4F6D2D #6F983E #8EBB59 #ACCD84 #C9DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#8EBB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#8EBB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EBB59

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EBB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EBB59	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ebb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.137 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cf8a',
    500: '#8ebb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ebb59;
$custom-light: #b1cf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ebb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.551,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73818,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EBB59

secondary

#B6A3CD

accent

#56D28F

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EBB59

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

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