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#8db045

a balanced, soft green · warm · closest name: Yellow Green

Token name suggestion: Studio Fern

RGB
141, 176, 69
HSL
80°, 44%, 48%
CMYK
20, 0, 61, 31
Luminance
0.3714

#8db045 is a balanced soft green, 80° on the wheel and 41/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (8.43:1). As text it scores 2.49:1 on white — use #647D31 instead. Nearest name is Yellow Green, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(80 44% 48%)rgb(141 176 69)Base step 600AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #8db045 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#8db045
Hue
80°
green
Saturation
44%
soft
Lightness
48%
balanced
Brightness
69%
HSV value
Perceived
62%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3714
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
41/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
8.43:1
Closest name
Yellow Green
ΔE2000 8.5
Chroma
57.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.709
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 9.1
Web-safe
#999933
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue80° of 360°
Saturation44%
Lightness48%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #8db045.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool41% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red15%
Green84%
Blue1%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#8db045
HEX (8-digit)#8db045ff
RGBrgb(141, 176, 69)
RGBArgba(141, 176, 69, 1)
HSLhsl(80, 44%, 48%)
HSV / HSBhsv(80, 61%, 69%)
HWBhwb(80 27% 31%)
CMYKcmyk(20%, 0%, 61%, 31%)
LABlab(67.4 -28.4 49.6)
LCHlch(67.4 57.2 119.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.709 0.140 125.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(27.58, 37.14, 11.35)
Decimal9285701
Display P3color(display-p3 0.553 0.690 0.271)
Web-safe#999933

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #8db045;
background-color: #8db045;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #8db045;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#8db045] bg-[#8db045]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #8db045;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.553, green: 0.690, blue: 0.271)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.553, green: 0.690, blue: 0.271, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#8DB045</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF8DB045)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF8DB045)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(69, 176, 141)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(141, 176, 69)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(141, 176, 69)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 141, 176, 69)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5529f, 0.6902f, 0.2706f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{141,176,69}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #8db045 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #8db045 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#495C24, #E5EED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #8db045 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F8FAF5;
  --brand-100: #F2F5EA;
  --brand-200: #E2EBD1;
  --brand-300: #CFDFAE;
  --brand-400: #B8D086;
  --brand-500: #A0C05E;
  --brand-600: #8db045;
  --brand-700: #759339;
  --brand-800: #5E752E;
  --brand-900: #465625;
  --brand-950: #2C3617;
  --brand: #8db045;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F8FAF4;
  --brand-border: #DCE8C4;
  --brand-hover: #78963B;
  --brand-pressed: #647D31;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1F2414;
    --brand-ink: #E5EED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8FAF5',
        100: '#F2F5EA',
        200: '#E2EBD1',
        300: '#CFDFAE',
        400: '#B8D086',
        500: '#A0C05E',
        600: '#8db045',
        700: '#759339',
        800: '#5E752E',
        900: '#465625',
        950: '#2C3617',
        DEFAULT: '#8db045',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8FAF5,
  '100': #F2F5EA,
  '200': #E2EBD1,
  '300': #CFDFAE,
  '400': #B8D086,
  '500': #A0C05E,
  '600': #8db045,
  '700': #759339,
  '800': #5E752E,
  '900': #465625,
  '950': #2C3617,
);
$brand-base: #8db045;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8FAF5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F2F5EA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#E2EBD1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#CFDFAE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#B8D086", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#A0C05E", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#8db045", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#759339", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#5E752E", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#465625", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#2C3617", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #8db045 · 8.43:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.49:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 8.43:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #8db045 as text scores 2.49:1 on white and 8.43:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #495C24 at 2.97:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#647D31 · 4.65:1
AA on white−14% L
#647D31
The quick fox
#4C5F25 · 7.07:1
AAA on white−22% L
#4C5F25
The quick fox
#8db045 · 8.43:1
AA on blackalready passes
#8db045
The quick fox
#8db045 · 8.43:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#8db045

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #7E9E3E is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#8db045 on white: 2.49:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#8db045 on black: 8.43:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #8db045 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #8db045.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.49:1AaAa
Slate 502.38:1AaAa
Slate 1002.27:1AaAa
Slate 2002.02:1AaAa
Slate 3001.68:1AaAa
Slate 4001.03:1AaAa
Slate 5001.91:1AaAa
Slate 6003.04:1AaAa
Slate 7004.16:1AaAa
Slate 8005.87:1AaAa
Slate 9007.17:1AaAa
Black8.43:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #B9A539
deuteranopia · #B4A44C
tritanopia · #93A899

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #8db045 is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F8FAF5
#F2F5EA
#E2EBD1
#CFDFAE
#B8D086
#A0C05E
#8db045
#759339
#5E752E
#465625
#2C3617
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F8FAF5Darkest = 950 · #2C3617Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.035 125.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.056 125.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.084 125.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.110 125.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.129 125.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.140 125.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.140 125.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.132 125.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.118 125.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.098 125.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.077 125.1);
}

Colors that work with #8db045

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F8FAF4
Tinted page background
Border#DCE8C4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#819B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#4940B5
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#495C24
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F4F8ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1F2414
Dark-mode background
Hover#78963B
One step down in lightness
Pressed#647D31
Two steps down
Disabled#B8C3A2
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#9BC643
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #8db045

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #495C24
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #7E9E3E

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight52/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#6845B0
Analogous left#B09D45
Analogous right#57B045
Split-complement 1#4557B0
Split-complement 2#9D45B0
Triadic 1#458DB0
Triadic 2#B0458D
Tetradic#45B09D
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°80°

#8db045 sits at 80°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red55.3%
Green69.0%
Blue27.1%
R · 0–255
141
0x8d
G · 0–255
176
0xb0
B · 0–255
69
0x45

CMYK percentages

Cyan19.9%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow60.8%
Key (black)31.0%

Total ink coverage is 112%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#8db045 text on a black background

contrast 8.43:1

Card sample

#8db045 text on a white background

contrast 2.49:1

Card sample

#8db045 on grey

2.27:1

#8db045 on its own surface

2.37:1

#8db045 on its dark surface

6.38:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #8db045;
Background color
Panel with #8db045 background
background-color: #8db045;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #8db045;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(141, 176, 69, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(141, 176, 69, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #8db045;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8db045, #46B045);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #8db045, #45B05F);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #8db045;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #8db045;
caret-color: #8db045;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #8db045;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F4F8ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #8db045;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#8db045 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #8db045 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(141, 176, 69, 0.5)
rgb(141 176 69 / 50%)
#8db04580
hsl(80 44% 48% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #8db045 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#8db0451a#F4F7EC
20%#8db04533#E8EFDA
40%#8db04566#D1DFB5
60%#8db04599#BBD08F
80%#8db045cc#A4C06A

Gradients from #8db045

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #A8C66C, #8db045 45%, #495C24);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #8db045, #3C9A43);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #8db045, #6845B0);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #B5CE82 0%, #8db045 45%, #495C24 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F8FAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #C3AB65 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #60BD56 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #495C24 0%, transparent 65%), #8db045;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #8db045

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#8db045 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 8.43:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#8db045, answered

What color is #8db045?

#8db045 is a balanced soft green, closest to Yellow Green (ΔE2000 8.5). It sits at 80° on the hue wheel with 44% saturation and 48% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #8db045?

rgb(141, 176, 69) — 141 red, 176 green and 69 blue out of 255, or 55.3% / 69% / 27.1% by channel.

What is #8db045 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(80, 44%, 48%) and hsv(80, 61%, 69%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #8db045 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3714 and perceived brightness is 62%, so black text on it reaches 8.43:1.

Should I use black or white text on #8db045?

Black. It scores 8.43:1 against #8db045, versus 2.49:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #8db045 accessible on a white background?

#8db045 on white scores 2.49:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #647D31 to reach 4.5:1, or #4C5F25 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #8db045?

#6845B0 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #4557B0 and #9D45B0, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #8db045?

For interface work: #F8FAF4 as the surface, #DCE8C4 for borders, #819B4B for secondary text, #4940B5 as an accent and #495C24 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #B09D45 and #57B045 stays calm, while #6845B0 is the loudest partner.

What is #8db045 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(20%, 0%, 61%, 31%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #8db045 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 41 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #B0AC45; nudged cooler, #65B242.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #8db045?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 9.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #8db045 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #8db045 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#8db045] or text-[#8db045], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #8db045 with 50% opacity?

rgba(141, 176, 69, 0.5), or #8db04580 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C6D8A2; over black, #475823.

Is #8db045 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #999933, ΔE2000 9.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #8db045 mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #8db045?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #A8C66C, #8db045 45%, #495C24). For more colour, a short hue run to #3C9A43 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #8db045 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #8db045 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.