#8BB559#8BB559

#8BB559 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.130 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB559
RGB	rgb(139, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(87, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 0%, 50.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -29.60, 42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 51.40, 125.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0824 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.13 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9742, 39.2574, 15.5002)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB559 #8359B5

analogous

#B5B159 #8BB559 #5DB559

triadic

#8BB559 #598BB5 #B5598B

tetradic

#8BB559 #59B5B1 #8359B5 #B5595D

square

#8BB559 #59B5B1 #8359B5 #B5595D

split-complementary

#8BB559 #595DB5 #B159B5

monochromatic

#4C662E #6C9040 #8BB559 #A9C883 #C6DBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#8BB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#8BB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB559

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB559	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EAEA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.130 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcb8a',
    500: '#8bb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb559;
$custom-light: #afcb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.391,
    "s": 38.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.722,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB559

secondary

#B3A1C9

accent

#5ACE8F

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB559

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

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