#8EDC38#8EDC38

#8EDC38 is a light, highly saturated yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.204 H 132.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EDC38
RGB	rgb(142, 220, 56)
HSL	hsl(89, 70%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(89, 75%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 74.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -48.51, 68.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 83.56, 125.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.1371 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.204 132.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4619, 57.2212, 12.8116)
Luminance	0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EDC38 #8638DC

analogous

#DCD838 #8EDC38 #3CDC38

triadic

#8EDC38 #388EDC #DC388E

tetradic

#8EDC38 #38DCD8 #8638DC #DC383C

square

#8EDC38 #38DCD8 #8638DC #DC383C

split-complementary

#8EDC38 #383CDC #D838DC

monochromatic

#4F8317 #6FB720 #8EDC38 #ACE56C #C9EEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#8EDC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#8EDC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EDC38

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EDC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EDC38	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90D3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8edc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 220, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.204 132.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5e77a',
    500: '#8edc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8edc38;
$custom-light: #b5e77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8edc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.537,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81391,
    "c": 0.20441,
    "h": 132.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EDC38

secondary

#5A2F89

accent

#3BED90

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F8FCF2

border

#D1D5CC

text

#12160A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EDC38

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

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