#8EBD38#8EBD38

#8EBD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.166 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EBD38
RGB	rgb(142, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(81, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(81, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -35.03, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 68.64, 120.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.1004 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.166 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0668, 42.4309, 10.3465)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EBD38 #6738BD

analogous

#BDA938 #8EBD38 #4BBD38

triadic

#8EBD38 #388EBD #BD388E

tetradic

#8EBD38 #38BDA9 #6738BD #BD384B

square

#8EBD38 #38BDA9 #6738BD #BD384B

split-complementary

#8EBD38 #384BBD #A938BD

monochromatic

#475F1C #6B8E2A #8EBD38 #A9D062 #C3DE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8EBD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#8EBD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EBD38

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EBD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EBD38	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ebd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.166 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3d177',
    500: '#8ebd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ebd38;
$custom-light: #b3d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ebd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.203,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73954,
    "c": 0.16646,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EBD38

secondary

#9F87C9

accent

#4ADE7E

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#111409

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EBD38

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

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