#8AB221#8AB221

#8AB221 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.168 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB221
RGB	rgb(138, 178, 33)
HSL	hsl(77, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(77, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -32.73, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 70.99, 117.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0956 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.168 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6764, 37.3536, 7.2431)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB221 #4921B2

analogous

#B29221 #8AB221 #42B221

triadic

#8AB221 #218AB2 #B2218A

tetradic

#8AB221 #21B292 #4921B2 #B22142

square

#8AB221 #21B292 #4921B2 #B22142

split-complementary

#8AB221 #2142B2 #9221B2

monochromatic

#3A4B0E #627E17 #8AB221 #ADDA36 #C2E36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#8AB221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#8AB221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB221

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB221	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 178, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.168 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c96b',
    500: '#8ab221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab221;
$custom-light: #b0c96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.552,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70911,
    "c": 0.16755,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB221

secondary

#8166C9

accent

#3CEC6D

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB221

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

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