#8BB42B#8BB42B

#8BB42B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.165 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB42B
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 43)
HSL	hsl(78, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(78, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 0%, 76.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, -32.81, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 68.97, 118.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0952 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.165 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4050, 38.3055, 8.2349)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB42B #542BB4

analogous

#B4982B #8BB42B #46B42B

triadic

#8BB42B #2B8BB4 #B42B8B

tetradic

#8BB42B #2BB498 #542BB4 #B42B46

square

#8BB42B #2BB498 #542BB4 #B42B46

split-complementary

#8BB42B #2B46B4 #982BB4

monochromatic

#3F5113 #65831F #8BB42B #AAD349 #C1DF7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8BB42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#8BB42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB42B

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB42B	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.165 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca6f',
    500: '#8bb42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb42b;
$custom-light: #b1ca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.956,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71512,
    "c": 0.16458,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB42B

secondary

#8D73C7

accent

#43E574

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB42B

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

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