#8EB938#8EB938

#8EB938 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.161 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EB938
RGB	rgb(142, 185, 56)
HSL	hsl(80, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(80, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 0%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -33.19, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 66.68, 119.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0953 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.161 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2182, 40.7338, 10.0637)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EB938 #6338B9

analogous

#B9A438 #8EB938 #4EB938

triadic

#8EB938 #388EB9 #B9388E

tetradic

#8EB938 #38B9A4 #6338B9 #B9384E

square

#8EB938 #38B9A4 #6338B9 #B9384E

split-complementary

#8EB938 #384EB9 #A438B9

monochromatic

#465B1C #6A8A2A #8EB938 #AACF5F #C3DD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8EB938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#8EB938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EB938

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EB938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EB938	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)

#C3AD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94B09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eb938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 185, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.161 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ce76',
    500: '#8eb938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eb938;
$custom-light: #b3ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eb938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72999,
    "c": 0.16144,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EB938

secondary

#9B85C8

accent

#4BDD7C

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EB938

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

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