#8BAE21#8BAE21

#8BAE21 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.162 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BAE21
RGB	rgb(139, 174, 33)
HSL	hsl(75, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(75, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 0%, 81%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -30.45, 62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 69.09, 116.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0895 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.162 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0584, 35.8707, 6.9895)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BAE21 #4421AE

analogous

#AE8B21 #8BAE21 #44AE21

triadic

#8BAE21 #218BAE #AE218B

tetradic

#8BAE21 #21AE8B #4421AE #AE2144

square

#8BAE21 #21AE8B #4421AE #AE2144

split-complementary

#8BAE21 #2144AE #8B21AE

monochromatic

#39470D #627B17 #8BAE21 #B0D834 #C4E267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8BAE21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#8BAE21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BAE21

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BAE21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BAE21	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)

#B8A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bae21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 174, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.162 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c66a',
    500: '#8bae21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bae21;
$custom-light: #b1c66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bae21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.894,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7002,
    "c": 0.16236,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BAE21

secondary

#7C63C8

accent

#3DEB68

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BAE21

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

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