#8EB738#8EB738

#8EB738 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.159 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB738
RGB	rgb(142, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(79, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(79, 69%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 0%, 69.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -32.26, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 65.70, 119.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0928 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.159 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.8028, 39.9029, 9.9252)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB738 #6138B7

analogous

#B7A138 #8EB738 #4FB738

triadic

#8EB738 #388EB7 #B7388E

tetradic

#8EB738 #38B7A1 #6138B7 #B7384F

square

#8EB738 #38B7A1 #6138B7 #B7384F

split-complementary

#8EB738 #384FB7 #A138B7

monochromatic

#45591B #6A882A #8EB738 #AACE5E #C3DC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#8EB738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#8EB738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB738

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB738	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AE9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.159 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2cc76',
    500: '#8eb738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb738;
$custom-light: #b2cc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.37,
    "s": 53.138,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72523,
    "c": 0.15891,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB738

secondary

#9A84C7

accent

#4BDD7A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB738

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

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