#8ECA38#8ECA38

#8ECA38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.183 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8ECA38
RGB	rgb(142, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(85, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(85, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -40.85, 62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 74.96, 123.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.1163 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.183 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9895, 48.2764, 11.3208)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8ECA38 #7438CA

analogous

#CABD38 #8ECA38 #45CA38

triadic

#8ECA38 #388ECA #CA388E

tetradic

#8ECA38 #38CABD #7438CA #CA3845

square

#8ECA38 #38CABD #7438CA #CA3845

split-complementary

#8ECA38 #3845CA #BD38CA

monochromatic

#4B6B1D #6D9B29 #8ECA38 #A9D768 #C5E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#8ECA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#8ECA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8ECA38

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8ECA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8ECA38	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92C1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8eca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.183 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3da78',
    500: '#8eca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8eca38;
$custom-light: #b3da78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8eca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.658,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77067,
    "c": 0.1826,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8ECA38

secondary

#A98ECF

accent

#47E186

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FAEE

border

#D0D3C9

text

#111509

muted

#80837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8ECA38

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

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