#8BAE37#8BAE37

#8BAE37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.150 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BAE37
RGB	rgb(139, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(78, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(78, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 0%, 68.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -29.28, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 61.99, 118.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0845 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.15 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4733, 36.0367, 9.1748)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BAE37 #5A37AE

analogous

#AE9537 #8BAE37 #50AE37

triadic

#8BAE37 #378BAE #AE378B

tetradic

#8BAE37 #37AE95 #5A37AE #AE3750

square

#8BAE37 #37AE95 #5A37AE #AE3750

split-complementary

#8BAE37 #3750AE #9537AE

monochromatic

#41511A #667F28 #8BAE37 #A9CA58 #C1D986

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#8BAE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#8BAE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BAE37

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BAE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BAE37	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)

#B8A325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.150 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c675',
    500: '#8bae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bae37;
$custom-light: #b0c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.647,
    "s": 51.965,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70163,
    "c": 0.14963,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BAE37

secondary

#927EC3

accent

#4CDB76

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BAE37

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

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