#8AB231#8AB231

#8AB231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.159 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB231
RGB	rgb(138, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(79, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(79, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -31.95, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 66.20, 118.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0923 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.159 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9562, 37.4655, 8.7165)
Luminance	0.3747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB231 #5931B2

analogous

#B29A31 #8AB231 #49B231

triadic

#8AB231 #318AB2 #B2318A

tetradic

#8AB231 #31B29A #5931B2 #B23149

square

#8AB231 #31B29A #5931B2 #B23149

split-complementary

#8AB231 #3149B2 #9A31B2

monochromatic

#405217 #658224 #8AB231 #A8CF51 #C0DC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8AB231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#8AB231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB231

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB231	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)

#BCA619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.159 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c972',
    500: '#8ab231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab231;
$custom-light: #b0c972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.605,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71005,
    "c": 0.1591,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB231

secondary

#9179C5

accent

#48E077

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB231

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

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