#8BB659#8BB659

#8BB659 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.131 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB659
RGB	rgb(139, 182, 89)
HSL	hsl(88, 39%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(88, 51%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 0%, 51.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -30.08, 42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 51.96, 125.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0837 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.131 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1783, 39.6655, 15.5682)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB659 #8459B6

analogous

#B6B259 #8BB659 #5CB659

triadic

#8BB659 #598BB6 #B6598B

tetradic

#8BB659 #59B6B2 #8459B6 #B6595C

square

#8BB659 #59B6B2 #8459B6 #B6595C

split-complementary

#8BB659 #595CB6 #B259B6

monochromatic

#4C672D #6C9240 #8BB659 #A9C984 #C6DBAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#8BB659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#8BB659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB659

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB659	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EAFA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 182, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.131 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcc8a',
    500: '#8bb659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb659;
$custom-light: #afcc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.742,
    "s": 38.912,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72437,
    "c": 0.1312,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB659

secondary

#B4A1C9

accent

#59CF8F

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB659

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

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