#8EB538#8EB538

#8EB538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.156 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB538
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(79, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(79, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -31.33, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 64.72, 118.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0902 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.156 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3932, 39.0837, 9.7887)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB538 #5F38B5

analogous

#B59E38 #8EB538 #50B538

triadic

#8EB538 #388EB5 #B5388E

tetradic

#8EB538 #38B59E #5F38B5 #B53850

square

#8EB538 #38B59E #5F38B5 #B53850

split-complementary

#8EB538 #3850B5 #9E38B5

monochromatic

#45581B #69862A #8EB538 #AACD5D #C3DB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8EB538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#8EB538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB538

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB538	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AC9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.156 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2cb76',
    500: '#8eb538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb538;
$custom-light: #b2cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.72,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72046,
    "c": 0.1564,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB538

secondary

#9883C6

accent

#4CDC79

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB538

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

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