#8BB556#8BB556

#8BB556 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.133 H 129.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB556
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(87, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(87, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 0%, 52.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -29.93, 43.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 52.75, 124.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0835 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.133 129)
XYZ	xyz(28.8508, 39.2080, 14.8502)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB556 #8056B5

analogous

#B5AF56 #8BB556 #5CB556

triadic

#8BB556 #568BB5 #B5568B

tetradic

#8BB556 #56B5AF #8056B5 #B5565C

square

#8BB556 #56B5AF #8056B5 #B5565C

split-complementary

#8BB556 #565CB5 #AF56B5

monochromatic

#4C652C #6C8F3F #8BB556 #A8C881 #C5DAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#8BB556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#8BB556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB556

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB556	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EAE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.133 129.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcb88',
    500: '#8bb556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb556;
$custom-light: #afcb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.526,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7216,
    "c": 0.13271,
    "h": 129
  },
  "luminance": 0.39209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB556

secondary

#B19FC8

accent

#59CF8D

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB556

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

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