#8AB837#8AB837

#8AB837 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.163 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8AB837
RGB	rgb(138, 184, 55)
HSL	hsl(81, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(81, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 0%, 70.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.44, -34.36, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.44, 67.05, 120.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0984 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.163 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3114, 39.9596, 9.8351)
Luminance	0.3996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8AB837 #6537B8

analogous

#B8A637 #8AB837 #4AB837

triadic

#8AB837 #378AB8 #B8378A

tetradic

#8AB837 #37B8A6 #6537B8 #B8374A

square

#8AB837 #37B8A6 #6537B8 #B8374A

split-complementary

#8AB837 #374AB8 #A637B8

monochromatic

#435A1B #678929 #8AB837 #A6CF5D #C0DD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#8AB837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#8AB837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8AB837

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8AB837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8AB837	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)

#C1AB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FB09E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ab837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 184, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.163 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cd76',
    500: '#8ab837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ab837;
$custom-light: #b0cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ab837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.395,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72489,
    "c": 0.16277,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8AB837

secondary

#9C84C7

accent

#4ADD7F

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8AB837

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

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