#8BB251#8BB251

#8BB251 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.133 H 127.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB251
RGB	rgb(139, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(84, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(84, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 0%, 54.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -29.01, 44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 53.31, 122.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0814 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.133 127.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0529, 37.9234, 13.6250)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB251 #7851B2

analogous

#B2A851 #8BB251 #5AB251

triadic

#8BB251 #518BB2 #B2518B

tetradic

#8BB251 #51B2A8 #7851B2 #B2515A

square

#8BB251 #51B2A8 #7851B2 #B2515A

split-complementary

#8BB251 #515AB2 #A851B2

monochromatic

#495F2A #6A893D #8BB251 #A7C57B #C4D8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8BB251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#8BB251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB251

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB251	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FAB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.133 127.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc985',
    500: '#8bb251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb251;
$custom-light: #afc985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.124,
    "s": 38.645,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71384,
    "c": 0.13325,
    "h": 127.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB251

secondary

#AB9AC5

accent

#59CF88

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB251

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

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