#8BB357#8BB357

#8BB357 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.129 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB357
RGB	rgb(139, 179, 87)
HSL	hsl(86, 38%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(86, 51%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 0%, 51.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -28.86, 42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 51.18, 124.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0805 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.129 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4876, 38.4168, 14.9293)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB357 #7F57B3

analogous

#B3AD57 #8BB357 #5DB357

triadic

#8BB357 #578BB3 #B3578B

tetradic

#8BB357 #57B3AD #7F57B3 #B3575D

square

#8BB357 #57B3AD #7F57B3 #B3575D

split-complementary

#8BB357 #575DB3 #AD57B3

monochromatic

#4B632D #6B8D40 #8BB357 #A8C681 #C5D9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8BB357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#8BB357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB357

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB357	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 179, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.129 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afca89',
    500: '#8bb357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb357;
$custom-light: #afca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.087,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71699,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB357

secondary

#B09FC7

accent

#5ACE8C

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB357

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

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