#8BAE27#8BAE27

#8BAE27 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.159 H 123.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BAE27
RGB	rgb(139, 174, 39)
HSL	hsl(76, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(76, 78%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 0%, 77.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -30.19, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 67.41, 116.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0883 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.159 123.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1500, 35.9074, 7.4722)
Luminance	0.3591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BAE27 #4A27AE

analogous

#AE8E27 #8BAE27 #47AE27

triadic

#8BAE27 #278BAE #AE278B

tetradic

#8BAE27 #27AE8E #4A27AE #AE2747

square

#8BAE27 #27AE8E #4A27AE #AE2747

split-complementary

#8BAE27 #2747AE #8E27AE

monochromatic

#3B4A11 #637C1C #8BAE27 #ADD43E #C2DF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#8BAE27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#8BAE27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BAE27

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BAE27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BAE27	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)

#B4A134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bae27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 174, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.159 123.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c66d',
    500: '#8bae27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bae27;
$custom-light: #b1c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bae27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70052,
    "c": 0.15946,
    "h": 123.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BAE27

secondary

#826BC6

accent

#41E66C

background

#FBFCF6

surface

#F6F8EC

border

#D0D1C7

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BAE27

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

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