#8EB837#8EB837

#8EB837 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.161 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB837
RGB	rgb(142, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(80, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(80, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 0%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -32.79, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 66.55, 119.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0943 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.161 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9855, 40.3072, 9.8667)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB837 #6137B8

analogous

#B8A237 #8EB837 #4EB837

triadic

#8EB837 #378EB8 #B8378E

tetradic

#8EB837 #37B8A2 #6137B8 #B8374E

square

#8EB837 #37B8A2 #6137B8 #B8374E

split-complementary

#8EB837 #374EB8 #A237B8

monochromatic

#455A1B #6A8929 #8EB837 #AACF5D #C3DD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#8EB837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#8EB837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB837

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB837	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94AF9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.161 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3cd76',
    500: '#8eb837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb837;
$custom-light: #b3cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.535,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72753,
    "c": 0.16084,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB837

secondary

#9A84C7

accent

#4ADD7A

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB837

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

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