#8EA538#8EA538

#8EA538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.136 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EA538
RGB	rgb(142, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(73, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(73, 66%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 0%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, -23.59, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 56.90, 114.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% -0.0688 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.136 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3247, 32.9466, 8.7658)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EA538 #4F38A5

analogous

#A58538 #8EA538 #57A538

triadic

#8EA538 #388EA5 #A5388E

tetradic

#8EA538 #38A585 #4F38A5 #A53857

square

#8EA538 #38A585 #4F38A5 #A53857

split-complementary

#8EA538 #3857A5 #8538A5

monochromatic

#3F4A19 #677728 #8EA538 #AEC555 #C3D583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#8EA538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#8EA538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EA538

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EA538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EA538	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)

#AF9C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ea538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.136 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2bf74',
    500: '#8ea538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ea538;
$custom-light: #b2bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ea538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.661,
    "s": 49.321,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68258,
    "c": 0.13622,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EA538

secondary

#897ABE

accent

#4FD96C

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F7ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111209

muted

#80817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EA538

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

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