#8AB42B#8AB42B

#8AB42B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.165 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB42B
RGB	rgb(138, 180, 43)
HSL	hsl(78, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(78, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 0%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -33.21, 60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 69.09, 118.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0962 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.165 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2387, 38.2198, 8.2271)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB42B #552BB4

analogous

#B4992B #8AB42B #45B42B

triadic

#8AB42B #2B8AB4 #B42B8A

tetradic

#8AB42B #2BB499 #552BB4 #B42B45

square

#8AB42B #2BB499 #552BB4 #B42B45

split-complementary

#8AB42B #2B45B4 #992BB4

monochromatic

#3E5113 #64831F #8AB42B #A9D349 #C0DF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#8AB42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#8AB42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB42B

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB42B	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)

#BEA808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 180, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.165 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ca6f',
    500: '#8ab42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab42b;
$custom-light: #b0ca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.394,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71445,
    "c": 0.16506,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB42B

secondary

#8D73C7

accent

#43E575

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB42B

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

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