#8EB638#8EB638

#8EB638 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.158 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB638
RGB	rgb(142, 182, 56)
HSL	hsl(79, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(79, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22%, 0%, 69.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -31.80, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 65.21, 119.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0915 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.158 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.5972, 39.4918, 9.8567)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB638 #6038B6

analogous

#B69F38 #8EB638 #4FB638

triadic

#8EB638 #388EB6 #B6388E

tetradic

#8EB638 #38B69F #6038B6 #B6384F

square

#8EB638 #38B69F #6038B6 #B6384F

split-complementary

#8EB638 #384FB6 #9F38B6

monochromatic

#45581B #69872A #8EB638 #AACD5E #C3DC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8EB638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#8EB638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB638

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB638	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AD9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 182, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.158 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2cc76',
    500: '#8eb638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb638;
$custom-light: #b2cc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.048,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72285,
    "c": 0.15766,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB638

secondary

#9984C6

accent

#4BDC79

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB638

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

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