#8BAA21#8BAA21
#8BAA21 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.158 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8BAA21 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(139, 170, 33) |
| HSL | hsl(74, 67%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(74, 81%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(18.2%, 0%, 80.6%, 33.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.24, -28.54, 60.97) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.24, 67.32, 115.09°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.06% -0.0843 0.1332) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.06% 0.158 122.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(25.2971, 34.3481, 6.7357) |
| Luminance | 0.3435 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Avocado Green
#87A922
ΔE00 0.84
Icky Green
#8FAE22
ΔE00 1.22
Pea Green
#8EAB12
ΔE00 1.33
Avocado (survey)
#90B134
ΔE00 2.40
Sickly Green
#94B21C
ΔE00 2.65
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 2.83
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8BAA21 #4021AA
analogous
#AA8521 #8BAA21 #46AA21
triadic
#8BAA21 #218BAA #AA218B
tetradic
#8BAA21 #21AA85 #4021AA #AA2146
square
#8BAA21 #21AA85 #4021AA #AA2146
split-complementary
#8BAA21 #2146AA #8521AA
monochromatic
#37430D #617717 #8BAA21 #B2D731 #C5E164
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.67
#8BAA21 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.87
#8BAA21 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8BAA21
7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8BAA21 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8BAA21 | 1.00 | 2.67 | 7.87 | 7.87 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.67 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B59F00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B19E2F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#93A191
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8baa21; /* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 170, 33); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.158 122.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#b1c369',
500: '#8baa21',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8baa21; $custom-light: #b1c369; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8baa21",
"rgb": {
"r": 139,
"g": 170,
"b": 33
},
"hsl": {
"h": 73.577,
"s": 67.488,
"l": 39.804
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69063,
"c": 0.15764,
"h": 122.3
},
"luminance": 0.34348
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8BAA21
secondary
#7861C6
accent
#3DEA65
background
#FBFBF6
surface
#F6F7EC
border
#D0D0C7
text
#111207
muted
#80817A