#8EBE37#8EBE37

#8EBE37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.168 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EBE37
RGB	rgb(142, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(81, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(81, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 0%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -35.55, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 69.47, 120.78°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.1019 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.168 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2584, 42.8529, 10.2910)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EBE37 #6737BE

analogous

#BEAA37 #8EBE37 #4BBE37

triadic

#8EBE37 #378EBE #BE378E

tetradic

#8EBE37 #37BEAA #6737BE #BE374B

square

#8EBE37 #37BEAA #6737BE #BE374B

split-complementary

#8EBE37 #374BBE #AA37BE

monochromatic

#475F1C #6B8F29 #8EBE37 #A9D161 #C3DF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#8EBE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#8EBE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EBE37

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EBE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EBE37	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ebe37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.168 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3d176',
    500: '#8ebe37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ebe37;
$custom-light: #b3d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ebe37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74186,
    "c": 0.16834,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EBE37

secondary

#9F87CA

accent

#49DE7E

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111409

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EBE37

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

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