#8EC238#8EC238

#8EC238 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.173 H 128.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC238
RGB	rgb(142, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(83, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(83, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 0%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -37.30, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 71.08, 121.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.1066 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.173 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1609, 44.6192, 10.7112)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC238 #6C38C2

analogous

#C2B138 #8EC238 #49C238

triadic

#8EC238 #388EC2 #C2388E

tetradic

#8EC238 #38C2B1 #6C38C2 #C23849

square

#8EC238 #38C2B1 #6C38C2 #C23849

split-complementary

#8EC238 #3849C2 #B138C2

monochromatic

#48631D #6B932A #8EC238 #A9D265 #C4E094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#8EC238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#8EC238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC238

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC238	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93B9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.173 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3d477',
    500: '#8ec238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec238;
$custom-light: #b3d477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.609,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7515,
    "c": 0.1727,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC238

secondary

#A38ACB

accent

#49DF82

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FAEE

border

#D0D3C9

text

#111409

muted

#80837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC238

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

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