#8AB72A#8AB72A

#8AB72A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.169 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB72A
RGB	rgb(138, 183, 42)
HSL	hsl(79, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(79, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 0%, 77%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -34.64, 61.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 70.80, 119.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.1002 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.169 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8328, 39.4369, 8.3358)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB72A #572AB7

analogous

#B79E2A #8AB72A #44B72A

triadic

#8AB72A #2A8AB7 #B72A8A

tetradic

#8AB72A #2AB79E #572AB7 #B72A44

square

#8AB72A #2AB79E #572AB7 #B72A44

split-complementary

#8AB72A #2A44B7 #9E2AB7

monochromatic

#3F5313 #64851F #8AB72A #A8D549 #C0E17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8AB72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#8AB72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB72A

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB72A	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AE9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 183, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.169 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cc6f',
    500: '#8ab72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab72a;
$custom-light: #b0cc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.149,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72161,
    "c": 0.16922,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB72A

secondary

#8F74C9

accent

#42E676

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB72A

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

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