#8EB238#8EB238

#8EB238 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.153 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB238
RGB	rgb(142, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(78, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(78, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 0%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -29.91, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 63.25, 118.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0863 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.153 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7897, 37.8768, 9.5875)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB238 #5C38B2

analogous

#B29938 #8EB238 #51B238

triadic

#8EB238 #388EB2 #B2388E

tetradic

#8EB238 #38B299 #5C38B2 #B23851

square

#8EB238 #38B299 #5C38B2 #B23851

split-complementary

#8EB238 #3851B2 #9938B2

monochromatic

#44551B #698329 #8EB238 #ABCC5C #C3DA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8EB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#8EB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB238

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB238	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.153 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2c976',
    500: '#8eb238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb238;
$custom-light: #b2c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.705,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71333,
    "c": 0.15262,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB238

secondary

#9581C5

accent

#4CDC77

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB238

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

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