#8EA438#8EA438

#8EA438 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.135 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA438
RGB	rgb(142, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(72, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, -23.10, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 56.41, 114.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% -0.0675 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.135 120)
XYZ	xyz(25.1450, 32.5873, 8.7059)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA438 #4E38A4

analogous

#A48438 #8EA438 #58A438

triadic

#8EA438 #388EA4 #A4388E

tetradic

#8EA438 #38A484 #4E38A4 #A43858

square

#8EA438 #38A484 #4E38A4 #A43858

split-complementary

#8EA438 #3858A4 #8438A4

monochromatic

#3F4919 #667628 #8EA438 #AEC554 #C4D482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#8EA438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#8EA438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA438

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA438	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.135 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bf74',
    500: '#8ea438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea438;
$custom-light: #b2bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.222,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68022,
    "c": 0.13496,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.32587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA438

secondary

#887ABE

accent

#4FD96B

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111209

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA438

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

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