#8BB537#8BB537

#8BB537 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.158 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB537
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(80, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(80, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 0%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, -32.58, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 65.44, 119.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0936 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.158 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8610, 38.8121, 9.6373)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB537 #6137B5

analogous

#B5A037 #8BB537 #4CB537

triadic

#8BB537 #378BB5 #B5378B

tetradic

#8BB537 #37B5A0 #6137B5 #B5374C

square

#8BB537 #37B5A0 #6137B5 #B5374C

split-complementary

#8BB537 #374CB5 #A037B5

monochromatic

#43571A #678629 #8BB537 #A8CD5C #C1DC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8BB537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#8BB537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB537

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB537	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AD9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.158 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cb75',
    500: '#8bb537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb537;
$custom-light: #b0cb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71836,
    "c": 0.15849,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB537

secondary

#9982C6

accent

#4BDD7C

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB537

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

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