#8BB72B#8BB72B

#8BB72B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.168 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB72B
RGB	rgb(139, 183, 43)
HSL	hsl(79, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(79, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 0%, 76.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -34.19, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 70.37, 119.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.099 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.168 126)
XYZ	xyz(28.0172, 39.5299, 8.4390)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB72B #572BB7

analogous

#B79D2B #8BB72B #45B72B

triadic

#8BB72B #2B8BB7 #B72B8B

tetradic

#8BB72B #2BB79D #572BB7 #B72B45

square

#8BB72B #2BB79D #572BB7 #B72B45

split-complementary

#8BB72B #2B45B7 #9D2BB7

monochromatic

#405414 #65851F #8BB72B #A9D54B #C1E07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8BB72B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#8BB72B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB72B

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB72B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB72B	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AE9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb72b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 183, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.168 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cc70',
    500: '#8bb72b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb72b;
$custom-light: #b1cc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb72b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.857,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72232,
    "c": 0.16822,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.3953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB72B

secondary

#8F75C9

accent

#43E576

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB72B

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

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