#8EBD37#8EBD37

#8EBD37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.167 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EBD37
RGB	rgb(142, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(81, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(81, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 0%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.16, -35.10, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.16, 68.98, 120.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.1006 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.167 127)
XYZ	xyz(30.0426, 42.4213, 10.2190)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EBD37 #6637BD

analogous

#BDA937 #8EBD37 #4BBD37

triadic

#8EBD37 #378EBD #BD378E

tetradic

#8EBD37 #37BDA9 #6637BD #BD374B

square

#8EBD37 #37BDA9 #6637BD #BD374B

split-complementary

#8EBD37 #374BBD #A937BD

monochromatic

#475E1B #6A8E29 #8EBD37 #A9D160 #C3DF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8EBD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#8EBD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EBD37

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EBD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EBD37	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ebd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.167 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3d176',
    500: '#8ebd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ebd37;
$custom-light: #b3d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ebd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.045,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73947,
    "c": 0.16709,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.42422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EBD37

secondary

#9E86C9

accent

#4ADE7E

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111409

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EBD37

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

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