#8AB427#8AB427

#8AB427 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.167 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB427
RGB	rgb(138, 180, 39)
HSL	hsl(78, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(78, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 78.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.16, -33.40, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.16, 70.28, 118.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.097 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.167 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1689, 38.1919, 7.8595)
Luminance	0.3819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB427 #5127B4

analogous

#B49727 #8AB427 #44B427

triadic

#8AB427 #278AB4 #B4278A

tetradic

#8AB427 #27B497 #5127B4 #B42744

square

#8AB427 #27B497 #5127B4 #B42744

split-complementary

#8AB427 #2744B4 #9727B4

monochromatic

#3D4F11 #63821C #8AB427 #AAD642 #C1E174

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8AB427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#8AB427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB427

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB427	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 180, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.167 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ca6d',
    500: '#8ab427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab427;
$custom-light: #b0ca6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.872,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71422,
    "c": 0.16714,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB427

secondary

#896FC8

accent

#40E772

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB427

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

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