#8AB238#8AB238

#8AB238 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.154 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB238
RGB	rgb(138, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(80, 52%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(80, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 0%, 68.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -31.50, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 63.72, 119.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0905 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.154 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1156, 37.5292, 9.5559)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB238 #6038B2

analogous

#B29D38 #8AB238 #4DB238

triadic

#8AB238 #388AB2 #B2388A

tetradic

#8AB238 #38B29D #6038B2 #B2384D

square

#8AB238 #38B29D #6038B2 #B2384D

split-complementary

#8AB238 #384DB2 #9D38B2

monochromatic

#42551B #668329 #8AB238 #A7CC5C #C0DA8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8AB238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#8AB238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB238

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB238	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AA9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.154 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc976',
    500: '#8ab238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab238;
$custom-light: #afc976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.672,
    "s": 52.137,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71058,
    "c": 0.15447,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB238

secondary

#9781C5

accent

#4CDC7B

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB238

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

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