#8AB31B#8AB31B

#8AB31B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.171 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB31B
RGB	rgb(138, 179, 27)
HSL	hsl(76, 74%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(76, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 0%, 84.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -33.41, 64.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 72.86, 117.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0978 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.171 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7994, 37.7223, 6.9059)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB31B #441BB3

analogous

#B3901B #8AB31B #3EB31B

triadic

#8AB31B #1B8AB3 #B31B8A

tetradic

#8AB31B #1BB390 #441BB3 #B31B3E

square

#8AB31B #1BB390 #441BB3 #B31B3E

split-complementary

#8AB31B #1B3EB3 #901BB3

monochromatic

#38490B #617E13 #8AB31B #AFDF2C #C3E761

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8AB31B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#8AB31B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB31B

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB31B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB31B	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A52E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AA98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab31b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 179, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.171 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca69',
    500: '#8ab31b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab31b;
$custom-light: #b1ca69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab31b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.184,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71125,
    "c": 0.1711,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB31B

secondary

#7C5ECC

accent

#37F069

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB31B

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

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