#8EB937#8EB937

#8EB937 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.162 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB937
RGB	rgb(142, 185, 55)
HSL	hsl(80, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(80, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 0%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -33.26, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 67.03, 119.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0956 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.162 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1940, 40.7241, 9.9362)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB937 #6237B9

analogous

#B9A337 #8EB937 #4DB937

triadic

#8EB937 #378EB9 #B9378E

tetradic

#8EB937 #37B9A3 #6237B9 #B9374D

square

#8EB937 #37B9A3 #6237B9 #B9374D

split-complementary

#8EB937 #374DB9 #A337B9

monochromatic

#465B1B #6A8A29 #8EB937 #AACF5E #C3DD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8EB937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#8EB937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB937

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB937	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 185, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.162 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ce76',
    500: '#8eb937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb937;
$custom-light: #b3ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.846,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72992,
    "c": 0.1621,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB937

secondary

#9A84C8

accent

#4ADE7B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB937

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

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