#8EA238#8EA238

#8EA238 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.132 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA238
RGB	rgb(142, 162, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(71, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 0%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -22.10, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 55.45, 113.49°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0647 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.132 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7899, 31.8771, 8.5876)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA238 #4C38A2

analogous

#A28138 #8EA238 #59A238

triadic

#8EA238 #388EA2 #A2388E

tetradic

#8EA238 #38A281 #4C38A2 #A23859

square

#8EA238 #38A281 #4C38A2 #A23859

split-complementary

#8EA238 #3859A2 #8138A2

monochromatic

#3E4719 #667528 #8EA238 #AFC453 #C4D381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#8EA238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#8EA238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA238

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA238	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 162, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.132 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bd74',
    500: '#8ea238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea238;
$custom-light: #b2bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.321,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67552,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA238

secondary

#8679BD

accent

#50D869

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA238

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

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