#8EAE38#8EAE38

#8EAE38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.148 H 123.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EAE38
RGB	rgb(142, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(76, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(76, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -28.00, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 61.29, 117.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.081 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.148 123.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0055, 36.3083, 9.3261)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EAE38 #5838AE

analogous

#AE9338 #8EAE38 #53AE38

triadic

#8EAE38 #388EAE #AE388E

tetradic

#8EAE38 #38AE93 #5838AE #AE3853

square

#8EAE38 #38AE93 #5838AE #AE3853

split-complementary

#8EAE38 #3853AE #9338AE

monochromatic

#42511A #688029 #8EAE38 #ABCA59 #C3D988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#8EAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#8EAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EAE38

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EAE38	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.148 123.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c675',
    500: '#8eae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eae38;
$custom-light: #b2c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.271,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70384,
    "c": 0.14756,
    "h": 123.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EAE38

secondary

#917FC3

accent

#4DDB73

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EAE38

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

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