#8BB53B#8BB53B

#8BB53B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.156 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB53B
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 59)
HSL	hsl(81, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(81, 67%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 0%, 67.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -32.31, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 63.97, 120.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0925 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.156 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9608, 38.8520, 10.1629)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB53B #653BB5

analogous

#B5A23B #8BB53B #4EB53B

triadic

#8BB53B #3B8BB5 #B53B8B

tetradic

#8BB53B #3BB5A2 #653BB5 #B53B4E

square

#8BB53B #3BB5A2 #653BB5 #B53B4E

split-complementary

#8BB53B #3B4EB5 #A23BB5

monochromatic

#44591D #68872C #8BB53B #A7CC62 #C1DB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#8BB53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#8BB53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB53B

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB53B	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)

#BEA92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AD9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.156 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cb77',
    500: '#8bb53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb53b;
$custom-light: #b0cb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.656,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71868,
    "c": 0.1557,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB53B

secondary

#9C86C6

accent

#4DDA7E

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB53B

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

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