#8EB438#8EB438

#8EB438 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.155 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB438
RGB	rgb(142, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(78, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(78, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 0%, 68.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -30.85, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 64.23, 118.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0889 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.155 125)
XYZ	xyz(28.1906, 38.6785, 9.7211)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB438 #5E38B4

analogous

#B49C38 #8EB438 #50B438

triadic

#8EB438 #388EB4 #B4388E

tetradic

#8EB438 #38B49C #5E38B4 #B43850

square

#8EB438 #38B49C #5E38B4 #B43850

split-complementary

#8EB438 #3850B4 #9C38B4

monochromatic

#44571B #698529 #8EB438 #AACD5D #C3DB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8EB438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#8EB438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB438

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB438	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AB9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.155 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ca76',
    500: '#8eb438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb438;
$custom-light: #b2ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.387,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71809,
    "c": 0.15513,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.38679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB438

secondary

#9782C5

accent

#4CDC78

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB438

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

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