#8BB459#8BB459

#8BB459 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.128 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB459
RGB	rgb(139, 180, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 0%, 50.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -29.12, 41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 50.83, 124.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0811 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.128 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7716, 38.8522, 15.4326)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB459 #8259B4

analogous

#B4AF59 #8BB459 #5DB459

triadic

#8BB459 #598BB4 #B4598B

tetradic

#8BB459 #59B4AF #8259B4 #B4595D

square

#8BB459 #59B4AF #8259B4 #B4595D

split-complementary

#8BB459 #595DB4 #AF59B4

monochromatic

#4C652E #6C8F41 #8BB459 #A8C783 #C6DAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8BB459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#8BB459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB459

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB459	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EAD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 180, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.128 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afca8a',
    500: '#8bb459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb459;
$custom-light: #afca8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.033,
    "s": 37.759,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71963,
    "c": 0.12831,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB459

secondary

#B2A1C8

accent

#5ACE8E

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB459

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

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