#8BAE1E#8BAE1E

#8BAE1E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.164 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BAE1E
RGB	rgb(139, 174, 30)
HSL	hsl(75, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(75, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 0%, 82.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -30.56, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 69.86, 115.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.09 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.164 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0182, 35.8546, 6.7780)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BAE1E #411EAE

analogous

#AE891E #8BAE1E #43AE1E

triadic

#8BAE1E #1E8BAE #AE1E8B

tetradic

#8BAE1E #1EAE89 #411EAE #AE1E43

square

#8BAE1E #1EAE89 #411EAE #AE1E43

split-complementary

#8BAE1E #1E43AE #891EAE

monochromatic

#38460C #617A15 #8BAE1E #B1DB2E #C5E462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8BAE1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#8BAE1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BAE1E

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BAE1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BAE1E	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bae1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 174, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.164 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c669',
    500: '#8bae1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bae1e;
$custom-light: #b1c669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bae1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.583,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70006,
    "c": 0.16363,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BAE1E

secondary

#795FC9

accent

#3AED66

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BAE1E

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

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