#8BB42E#8BB42E

#8BB42E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.163 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB42E
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(78, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(78, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -32.65, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 68.03, 118.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0945 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.163 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4621, 38.3284, 8.5355)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB42E #572EB4

analogous

#B49A2E #8BB42E #48B42E

triadic

#8BB42E #2E8BB4 #B42E8B

tetradic

#8BB42E #2EB49A #572EB4 #B42E48

square

#8BB42E #2EB49A #572EB4 #B42E48

split-complementary

#8BB42E #2E48B4 #9A2EB4

monochromatic

#405315 #658322 #8BB42E #A9D24E #C1DE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#8BB42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#8BB42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB42E

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB42E	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA811

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AB9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.163 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ca71',
    500: '#8bb42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb42e;
$custom-light: #b1ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.358,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71531,
    "c": 0.16289,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB42E

secondary

#8F77C7

accent

#45E275

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB42E

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

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