#8BB856#8BB856

#8BB856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.137 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB856
RGB	rgb(139, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(88, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(88, 53%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 0%, 53.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -31.35, 44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 54.42, 125.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0875 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.137 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4674, 40.4412, 15.0557)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB856 #8356B8

analogous

#B8B456 #8BB856 #5AB856

triadic

#8BB856 #568BB8 #B8568B

tetradic

#8BB856 #56B8B4 #8356B8 #B8565A

square

#8BB856 #56B8B4 #8356B8 #B8565A

split-complementary

#8BB856 #565AB8 #B456B8

monochromatic

#4C682C #6C933E #8BB856 #A9CA81 #C6DCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#8BB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#8BB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB856

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB856	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EB1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.137 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcd88',
    500: '#8bb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb856;
$custom-light: #afcd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.551,
    "s": 40.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72872,
    "c": 0.13697,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB856

secondary

#B3A0CA

accent

#57D18F

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB856

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

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