#8EC161#8EC161

#8EC161 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.138 H 132.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC161
RGB	rgb(142, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(92, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(92, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 0%, 49.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -33.24, 42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 54.14, 127.88°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0921 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.138 132)
XYZ	xyz(32.3825, 44.7529, 18.2390)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC161 #9461C1

analogous

#BEC161 #8EC161 #61C164

triadic

#8EC161 #618EC1 #C1618E

tetradic

#8EC161 #61BEC1 #9461C1 #C16461

square

#8EC161 #61BEC1 #9461C1 #C16461

split-complementary

#8EC161 #6461C1 #C161BE

monochromatic

#52782F #6FA440 #8EC161 #ADD28D #CDE3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#8EC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#8EC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC161

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC161	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.138 132.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d490',
    500: '#8ec161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec161;
$custom-light: #b1d490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.875,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75345,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 132
  },
  "luminance": 0.44754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC161

secondary

#C0ABD2

accent

#54D398

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140D

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC161

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

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