#8AB72C#8AB72C

#8AB72C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.168 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB72C
RGB	rgb(138, 183, 44)
HSL	hsl(79, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(79, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 0%, 76%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.08, -34.54, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.08, 70.19, 119.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0998 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.168 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8695, 39.4516, 8.5290)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB72C #592CB7

analogous

#B79E2C #8AB72C #45B72C

triadic

#8AB72C #2C8AB7 #B72C8A

tetradic

#8AB72C #2CB79E #592CB7 #B72C45

square

#8AB72C #2CB79E #592CB7 #B72C45

split-complementary

#8AB72C #2C45B7 #9E2CB7

monochromatic

#405414 #658620 #8AB72C #A8D44C #C0E07E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8AB72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#8AB72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB72C

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB72C	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)

#C1AA09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AE9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 183, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.168 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cc70',
    500: '#8ab72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab72c;
$custom-light: #b0cc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.424,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72173,
    "c": 0.16816,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB72C

secondary

#9176C8

accent

#43E478

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB72C

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

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