#8BB538#8BB538

#8BB538 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	#8BB538
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(80, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(80, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 0%, 69.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -32.51, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 65.08, 119.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0933 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.158 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8852, 38.8218, 9.7649)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB538 #6238B5

analogous

#B5A138 #8BB538 #4DB538

triadic

#8BB538 #388BB5 #B5388B

tetradic

#8BB538 #38B5A1 #6238B5 #B5384D

square

#8BB538 #38B5A1 #6238B5 #B5384D

split-complementary

#8BB538 #384DB5 #A138B5

monochromatic

#43581B #67862A #8BB538 #A7CD5D #C1DB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#8BB538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#8BB538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB538

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB538	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)

#BEA925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AD9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.158 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cb76',
    500: '#8bb538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb538;
$custom-light: #b0cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.16,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71844,
    "c": 0.15781,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB538

secondary

#9983C6

accent

#4CDC7C

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB538

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

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