#8BB551#8BB551

#8BB551 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.137 H 128.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB551
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(85, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(85, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 0%, 55.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -30.44, 45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 54.96, 123.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0854 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.137 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6564, 39.1303, 13.8261)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB551 #7B51B5

analogous

#B5AD51 #8BB551 #59B551

triadic

#8BB551 #518BB5 #B5518B

tetradic

#8BB551 #51B5AD #7B51B5 #B55159

square

#8BB551 #51B5AD #7B51B5 #B55159

split-complementary

#8BB551 #5159B5 #AD51B5

monochromatic

#4A622A #6B8D3C #8BB551 #A8C77C #C4DAA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8BB551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#8BB551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB551

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB551	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FAE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.137 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcb85',
    500: '#8bb551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb551;
$custom-light: #afcb85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.2,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72096,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB551

secondary

#AD9BC7

accent

#58D08A

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8EF

border

#D0D1CA

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB551

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

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