#8AB835#8AB835
#8AB835 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.164 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8AB835 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(138, 184, 53) |
| HSL | hsl(81, 55%, 46%) |
| HSV | hsv(81, 71%, 72%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(25%, 0%, 71.2%, 27.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.43, -34.48, 58.31) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.43, 67.74, 120.60°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.47% -0.0989 0.1309) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.47% 0.164 127.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.2644, 39.9408, 9.5877) |
| Luminance | 0.3994 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 2.67
Dark Lime
#84B701
ΔE00 2.89
Dark Lime Green
#7EBD01
ΔE00 3.42
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 3.67
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 3.96
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 4.13
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8AB835 #6335B8
analogous
#B8A535 #8AB835 #49B835
triadic
#8AB835 #358AB8 #B8358A
tetradic
#8AB835 #35B8A5 #6335B8 #B83549
square
#8AB835 #35B8A5 #6335B8 #B83549
split-complementary
#8AB835 #3549B8 #A535B8
monochromatic
#43591A #668827 #8AB835 #A7D05B #C0DD8A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.34
#8AB835 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.99
#8AB835 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8AB835
8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8AB835 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8AB835 | 1.00 | 2.34 | 8.99 | 8.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.34 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1AB1F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA941
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8FB09E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8ab835; /* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 184, 53); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.164 127.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b0cd75',
500: '#8ab835',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8ab835; $custom-light: #b0cd75; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8ab835",
"rgb": {
"r": 138,
"g": 184,
"b": 53
},
"hsl": {
"h": 81.069,
"s": 55.274,
"l": 46.471
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72474,
"c": 0.16407,
"h": 127.1
},
"luminance": 0.39941
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8AB835
secondary
#9A81C7
accent
#49DF7E
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F6F9ED
border
#D0D2C8
text
#111309
muted
#80827B