#8AB538#8AB538

#8AB538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.158 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB538
RGB	rgb(138, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(81, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(81, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 0%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, -32.91, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 65.21, 120.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0943 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.158 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7190, 38.7361, 9.7571)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB538 #6338B5

analogous

#B5A238 #8AB538 #4CB538

triadic

#8AB538 #388AB5 #B5388A

tetradic

#8AB538 #38B5A2 #6338B5 #B5384C

square

#8AB538 #38B5A2 #6338B5 #B5384C

split-complementary

#8AB538 #384CB5 #A238B5

monochromatic

#43581B #66862A #8AB538 #A7CD5D #C0DB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8AB538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#8AB538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB538

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB538	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)

#BEA925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FAD9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.158 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cb76',
    500: '#8ab538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab538;
$custom-light: #b0cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.64,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71777,
    "c": 0.1583,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB538

secondary

#9A83C6

accent

#4CDC7D

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB538

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

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