#8BB359#8BB359

#8BB359 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.127 H 128.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB359
RGB	rgb(139, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 50%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.3%, 0%, 50.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -28.64, 41.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 50.27, 124.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0797 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.127 128.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5705, 38.4499, 15.3656)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB359 #8159B3

analogous

#B3AE59 #8BB359 #5EB359

triadic

#8BB359 #598BB3 #B3598B

tetradic

#8BB359 #59B3AE #8159B3 #B3595E

square

#8BB359 #59B3AE #8159B3 #B3595E

split-complementary

#8BB359 #595EB3 #AE59B3

monochromatic

#4C642E #6C8E41 #8BB359 #A8C683 #C6D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8BB359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#8BB359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB359

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB359	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EAC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.127 128.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afca8a',
    500: '#8bb359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb359;
$custom-light: #afca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.667,
    "s": 37.19,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71727,
    "c": 0.12686,
    "h": 128.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB359

secondary

#B2A0C7

accent

#5BCD8E

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB359

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

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