#8EC438#8EC438

#8EC438 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.175 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC438
RGB	rgb(142, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(83, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(83, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -38.20, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 72.05, 122.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.109 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.175 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6090, 45.5154, 10.8606)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC438 #6E38C4

analogous

#C4B438 #8EC438 #48C438

triadic

#8EC438 #388EC4 #C4388E

tetradic

#8EC438 #38C4B4 #6E38C4 #C43848

square

#8EC438 #38C4B4 #6E38C4 #C43848

split-complementary

#8EC438 #3848C4 #B438C4

monochromatic

#49651D #6C942A #8EC438 #A9D366 #C4E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#8EC438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#8EC438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC438

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC438	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB61F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93BBA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.175 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3d677',
    500: '#8ec438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec438;
$custom-light: #b3d677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75629,
    "c": 0.17519,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC438

secondary

#A58CCC

accent

#49DF83

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FAEE

border

#D0D3C9

text

#111409

muted

#80837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC438

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

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