#8BB259#8BB259

#8BB259 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.125 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB259
RGB	rgb(139, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(86, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 0%, 50%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -28.16, 40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 49.70, 124.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0784 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.125 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3708, 38.0505, 15.2990)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB259 #8059B2

analogous

#B2AD59 #8BB259 #5EB259

triadic

#8BB259 #598BB2 #B2598B

tetradic

#8BB259 #59B2AD #8059B2 #B2595E

square

#8BB259 #59B2AD #8059B2 #B2595E

split-complementary

#8BB259 #595EB2 #AD59B2

monochromatic

#4C632E #6C8D41 #8BB259 #A8C583 #C5D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#8BB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#8BB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB259

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB259	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EAB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.125 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc98a',
    500: '#8bb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb259;
$custom-light: #afc98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.292,
    "s": 36.626,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7149,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB259

secondary

#B1A0C7

accent

#5BCD8D

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#10130C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB259

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

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