#8BB557#8BB557

#8BB557 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.132 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB557
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(87, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 52%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 0%, 51.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -29.82, 42.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 52.30, 124.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0831 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.132 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8914, 39.2243, 15.0639)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB557 #8157B5

analogous

#B5B057 #8BB557 #5CB557

triadic

#8BB557 #578BB5 #B5578B

tetradic

#8BB557 #57B5B0 #8157B5 #B5575C

square

#8BB557 #57B5B0 #8157B5 #B5575C

split-complementary

#8BB557 #575CB5 #B057B5

monochromatic

#4C652D #6C903F #8BB557 #A8C881 #C6DAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8BB557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#8BB557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB557

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB557	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#BDAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.132 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcb89',
    500: '#8bb557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb557;
$custom-light: #afcb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.809,
    "s": 38.843,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72173,
    "c": 0.13173,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB557

secondary

#B29FC8

accent

#59CF8E

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB557

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

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