#8AB836#8AB836
#8AB836 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.163 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8AB836 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(138, 184, 54) |
| HSL | hsl(81, 55%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(81, 71%, 72%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(25%, 0%, 70.7%, 27.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.43, -34.42, 57.95) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.43, 67.40, 120.71°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.48% -0.0986 0.1303) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.48% 0.163 127.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.2876, 39.9501, 9.7101) |
| Luminance | 0.3995 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 2.69
Dark Lime
#84B701
ΔE00 2.99
Dark Lime Green
#7EBD01
ΔE00 3.49
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 3.69
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 4.01
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 4.20
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8AB836 #6436B8
analogous
#B8A536 #8AB836 #49B836
triadic
#8AB836 #368AB8 #B8368A
tetradic
#8AB836 #36B8A5 #6436B8 #B83649
square
#8AB836 #36B8A5 #6436B8 #B83649
split-complementary
#8AB836 #3649B8 #A536B8
monochromatic
#43591A #678928 #8AB836 #A6CF5C #C0DD8B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.34
#8AB836 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.99
#8AB836 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8AB836
8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8AB836 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8AB836 | 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)
#C1AB20
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA941
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8FB09E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8ab836; /* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 184, 54); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.163 127.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b0cd75',
500: '#8ab836',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8ab836; $custom-light: #b0cd75; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8ab836",
"rgb": {
"r": 138,
"g": 184,
"b": 54
},
"hsl": {
"h": 81.231,
"s": 54.622,
"l": 46.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72481,
"c": 0.16342,
"h": 127.1
},
"luminance": 0.39951
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8AB836
secondary
#9B82C7
accent
#4ADE7E
background
#FBFCF7
surface
#F6F9ED
border
#D0D2C8
text
#111309
muted
#80827B