#8BB72D#8BB72D

#8BB72D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.167 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB72D
RGB	rgb(139, 183, 45)
HSL	hsl(79, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(79, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 0%, 75.4%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -34.09, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 69.76, 119.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0985 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.167 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0548, 39.5450, 8.6370)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB72D #592DB7

analogous

#B79E2D #8BB72D #46B72D

triadic

#8BB72D #2D8BB7 #B72D8B

tetradic

#8BB72D #2DB79E #592DB7 #B72D46

square

#8BB72D #2DB79E #592DB7 #B72D46

split-complementary

#8BB72D #2D46B7 #9E2DB7

monochromatic

#405515 #668621 #8BB72D #A9D34E #C1DF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#8BB72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#8BB72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB72D

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB72D	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)

#C1AA0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91AE9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 183, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.167 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1cc70',
    500: '#8bb72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb72d;
$custom-light: #b1cc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.13,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72245,
    "c": 0.16713,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB72D

secondary

#9178C8

accent

#44E477

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB72D

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

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