#8EBD55#8EBD55

#8EBD55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.143 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EBD55
RGB	rgb(142, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(87, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(87, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 0%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -32.66, 46.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 57.17, 124.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.24% -0.0914 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(74.24% 0.143 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.9924, 42.8012, 15.2212)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EBD55 #8455BD

analogous

#BDB855 #8EBD55 #5ABD55

triadic

#8EBD55 #558EBD #BD558E

tetradic

#8EBD55 #55BDB8 #8455BD #BD555A

square

#8EBD55 #55BDB8 #8455BD #BD555A

split-complementary

#8EBD55 #555ABD #B855BD

monochromatic

#4F6D2A #6F993C #8EBD55 #ABCE81 #C9DFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#8EBD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#8EBD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EBD55

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EBD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EBD55	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ebd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.143 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d188',
    500: '#8ebd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ebd55;
$custom-light: #b1d188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ebd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.115,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7424,
    "c": 0.14346,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EBD55

secondary

#B5A1CD

accent

#54D48E

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EBD55

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

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