#8BAE36#8BAE36

#8BAE36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.150 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BAE36
RGB	rgb(139, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(78, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(78, 69%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 0%, 69%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -29.34, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 62.36, 118.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0848 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.15 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4496, 36.0272, 9.0498)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BAE36 #5936AE

analogous

#AE9536 #8BAE36 #4FAE36

triadic

#8BAE36 #368BAE #AE368B

tetradic

#8BAE36 #36AE95 #5936AE #AE364F

square

#8BAE36 #36AE95 #5936AE #AE364F

split-complementary

#8BAE36 #364FAE #9536AE

monochromatic

#405119 #667F28 #8BAE36 #A9CB56 #C1D985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8BAE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#8BAE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BAE36

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BAE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BAE36	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.150 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c674',
    500: '#8bae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bae36;
$custom-light: #b0c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.5,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70155,
    "c": 0.15032,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BAE36

secondary

#917DC3

accent

#4CDC76

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BAE36

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

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