#8AB22C#8AB22C

#8AB22C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.162 H 125.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB22C
RGB	rgb(138, 178, 44)
HSL	hsl(78, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(78, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 75.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, -32.22, 59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 67.84, 118.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0934 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.162 125.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8565, 37.4256, 8.1913)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB22C #542CB2

analogous

#B2972C #8AB22C #47B22C

triadic

#8AB22C #2C8AB2 #B22C8A

tetradic

#8AB22C #2CB297 #542CB2 #B22C47

square

#8AB22C #2CB297 #542CB2 #B22C47

split-complementary

#8AB22C #2C47B2 #972CB2

monochromatic

#3E5014 #648120 #8AB22C #A9D249 #C0DE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8AB22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#8AB22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB22C

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB22C	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA60D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 178, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.162 125.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c96f',
    500: '#8ab22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab22c;
$custom-light: #b0c96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.91,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70971,
    "c": 0.16207,
    "h": 125.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB22C

secondary

#8C73C6

accent

#44E474

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB22C

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

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