#8BB159#8BB159

#8BB159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.124 H 128.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB159
RGB	rgb(139, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(86, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -27.68, 40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 49.14, 124.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% -0.077 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.124 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1726, 37.6540, 15.2329)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB159 #7F59B1

analogous

#B1AB59 #8BB159 #5FB159

triadic

#8BB159 #598BB1 #B1598B

tetradic

#8BB159 #59B1AB #7F59B1 #B1595F

square

#8BB159 #59B1AB #7F59B1 #B1595F

split-complementary

#8BB159 #595FB1 #AB59B1

monochromatic

#4B622E #6B8B41 #8BB159 #A8C583 #C5D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8BB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#8BB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB159

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB159	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EAA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.124 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc88a',
    500: '#8bb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb159;
$custom-light: #afc88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.909,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71254,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB159

secondary

#B0A0C6

accent

#5CCC8C

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#10130C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB159

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

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