#8EB437#8EB437

#8EB437 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.156 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB437
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 55)
HSL	hsl(78, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(78, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 69.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -30.92, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 64.59, 118.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0892 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.156 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1664, 38.6688, 9.5936)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB437 #5D37B4

analogous

#B49B37 #8EB437 #4FB437

triadic

#8EB437 #378EB4 #B4378E

tetradic

#8EB437 #37B49B #5D37B4 #B4374F

square

#8EB437 #37B49B #5D37B4 #B4374F

split-complementary

#8EB437 #374FB4 #9B37B4

monochromatic

#44561A #698529 #8EB437 #AACD5B #C3DB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8EB437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#8EB437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB437

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB437	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AB9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.156 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ca75',
    500: '#8eb437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb437;
$custom-light: #b2ca75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.24,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71801,
    "c": 0.15582,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB437

secondary

#9681C6

accent

#4BDD77

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB437

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

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