#8EA537#8EA537

#8EA537 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.137 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA537
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(73, 50%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(73, 67%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.11, -23.66, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.11, 57.30, 114.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.0691 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.137 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3004, 32.9370, 8.6383)
Luminance	0.3294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA537 #4E37A5

analogous

#A58537 #8EA537 #57A537

triadic

#8EA537 #378EA5 #A5378E

tetradic

#8EA537 #37A585 #4E37A5 #A53757

square

#8EA537 #37A585 #4E37A5 #A53757

split-complementary

#8EA537 #3757A5 #8537A5

monochromatic

#3F4918 #667728 #8EA537 #AEC653 #C4D581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#8EA537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#8EA537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA537

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA537	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.137 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bf74',
    500: '#8ea537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea537;
$custom-light: #b2bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.545,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68249,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA537

secondary

#8879BF

accent

#4EDA6B

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111208

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA537

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

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