#8BB42D#8BB42D

#8BB42D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.163 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB42D
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 45)
HSL	hsl(78, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(78, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 0%, 75%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -32.70, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 68.35, 118.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0947 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.163 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4426, 38.3206, 8.4329)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB42D #562DB4

analogous

#B49A2D #8BB42D #48B42D

triadic

#8BB42D #2D8BB4 #B42D8B

tetradic

#8BB42D #2DB49A #562DB4 #B42D48

square

#8BB42D #2DB49A #562DB4 #B42D48

split-complementary

#8BB42D #2D48B4 #9A2DB4

monochromatic

#3F5215 #658321 #8BB42D #A9D24C #C1DE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8BB42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#8BB42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB42D

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB42D	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)

#BEA80F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.163 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca70',
    500: '#8bb42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb42d;
$custom-light: #b1ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.222,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71525,
    "c": 0.16346,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB42D

secondary

#8E76C7

accent

#45E375

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB42D

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

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