#8BAE22#8BAE22

#8BAE22 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.162 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BAE22
RGB	rgb(139, 174, 34)
HSL	hsl(75, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(75, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 0%, 80.5%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -30.41, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 68.83, 116.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0893 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.162 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0726, 35.8764, 7.0643)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BAE22 #4522AE

analogous

#AE8B22 #8BAE22 #45AE22

triadic

#8BAE22 #228BAE #AE228B

tetradic

#8BAE22 #22AE8B #4522AE #AE2245

square

#8BAE22 #22AE8B #4522AE #AE2245

split-complementary

#8BAE22 #2245AE #8B22AE

monochromatic

#39480E #627B18 #8BAE22 #AFD836 #C3E269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8BAE22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#8BAE22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BAE22

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BAE22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BAE22	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bae22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 174, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.162 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c66a',
    500: '#8bae22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bae22;
$custom-light: #b1c66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bae22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 67.308,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70025,
    "c": 0.1619,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BAE22

secondary

#7D64C7

accent

#3EEA69

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111307

muted

#80827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BAE22

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

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