#8BB231#8BB231

#8BB231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.159 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB231
RGB	rgb(139, 178, 49)
HSL	hsl(78, 57%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(78, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 0%, 72.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, -31.55, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 66.08, 118.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.0912 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.159 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1224, 37.5512, 8.7243)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB231 #5831B2

analogous

#B29931 #8BB231 #4AB231

triadic

#8BB231 #318BB2 #B2318B

tetradic

#8BB231 #31B299 #5831B2 #B2314A

square

#8BB231 #31B299 #5831B2 #B2314A

split-complementary

#8BB231 #314AB2 #9931B2

monochromatic

#405217 #668224 #8BB231 #A9CF51 #C1DC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#8BB231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#8BB231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB231

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB231	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 178, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.159 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c972',
    500: '#8bb231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb231;
$custom-light: #b0c972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.14,
    "s": 56.828,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71073,
    "c": 0.15863,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB231

secondary

#9079C5

accent

#48E076

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB231

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

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