#8EB540#8EB540

#8EB540 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.151 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB540
RGB	rgb(142, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(80, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(80, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 64.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -30.76, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 61.68, 119.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0879 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.151 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6047, 39.1683, 10.9027)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB540 #6740B5

analogous

#B5A140 #8EB540 #53B540

triadic

#8EB540 #408EB5 #B5408E

tetradic

#8EB540 #40B5A1 #6740B5 #B54053

square

#8EB540 #40B5A1 #6740B5 #B54053

split-complementary

#8EB540 #4053B5 #A140B5

monochromatic

#475B20 #6B8830 #8EB540 #A9CA68 #C3DA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8EB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#8EB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB540

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB540	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AD9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.151 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2cb7a',
    500: '#8eb540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb540;
$custom-light: #b2cb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72116,
    "c": 0.15056,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB540

secondary

#9F8BC5

accent

#50D77D

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB540

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

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