#8BB255#8BB255

#8BB255 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.129 H 128.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB255
RGB	rgb(139, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(85, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(85, 52%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 0%, 52.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -28.60, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 51.52, 123.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0799 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.129 128.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2074, 37.9852, 14.4383)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB255 #7C55B2

analogous

#B2AB55 #8BB255 #5DB255

triadic

#8BB255 #558BB2 #B2558B

tetradic

#8BB255 #55B2AB #7C55B2 #B2555D

square

#8BB255 #55B2AB #7C55B2 #B2555D

split-complementary

#8BB255 #555DB2 #AB55B2

monochromatic

#4B612C #6B8B3F #8BB255 #A8C57F #C4D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8BB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#8BB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB255

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB255	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.129 128.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc987',
    500: '#8bb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb255;
$custom-light: #afc987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.161,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71436,
    "c": 0.1294,
    "h": 128.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB255

secondary

#AE9DC6

accent

#5ACE8B

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB255

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

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