#8AB537#8AB537

#8AB537 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.159 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB537
RGB	rgb(138, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(80, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(80, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 0%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -32.97, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 65.57, 120.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0946 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.159 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6948, 38.7264, 9.6295)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB537 #6237B5

analogous

#B5A137 #8AB537 #4BB537

triadic

#8AB537 #378AB5 #B5378A

tetradic

#8AB537 #37B5A1 #6237B5 #B5374B

square

#8AB537 #37B5A1 #6237B5 #B5374B

split-complementary

#8AB537 #374BB5 #A137B5

monochromatic

#42571A #668629 #8AB537 #A7CD5C #C0DC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8AB537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#8AB537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB537

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB537	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AD9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.159 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cb75',
    500: '#8ab537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab537;
$custom-light: #b0cb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.476,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71769,
    "c": 0.15897,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB537

secondary

#9982C6

accent

#4BDD7D

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB537

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

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