#8EB537#8EB537

#8EB537 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.157 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB537
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(79, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(79, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, -31.39, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 65.08, 118.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0905 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.157 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3690, 39.0740, 9.6611)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB537 #5E37B5

analogous

#B59D37 #8EB537 #4FB537

triadic

#8EB537 #378EB5 #B5378E

tetradic

#8EB537 #37B59D #5E37B5 #B5374F

square

#8EB537 #37B59D #5E37B5 #B5374F

split-complementary

#8EB537 #374FB5 #9D37B5

monochromatic

#44571A #698629 #8EB537 #AACD5C #C3DC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8EB537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#8EB537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB537

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB537	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AC9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.157 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2cb75',
    500: '#8eb537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb537;
$custom-light: #b2cb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.571,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72039,
    "c": 0.15708,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB537

secondary

#9782C6

accent

#4BDD78

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB537

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

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