#8BB257#8BB257

#8BB257 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.127 H 128.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB257
RGB	rgb(139, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(86, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(86, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 0%, 51.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -28.38, 41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 50.62, 124.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.46% -0.0792 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(71.46% 0.127 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2880, 38.0174, 14.8627)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB257 #7E57B2

analogous

#B2AC57 #8BB257 #5EB257

triadic

#8BB257 #578BB2 #B2578B

tetradic

#8BB257 #57B2AC #7E57B2 #B2575E

square

#8BB257 #57B2AC #7E57B2 #B2575E

split-complementary

#8BB257 #575EB2 #AC57B2

monochromatic

#4B622D #6B8C40 #8BB257 #A8C581 #C5D8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8BB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#8BB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB257

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB257	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)

#BAA84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.127 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc989',
    500: '#8bb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb257;
$custom-light: #afc989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71463,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB257

secondary

#B09EC6

accent

#5BCD8C

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB257

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

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