#8BB949#8BB949

#8BB949 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.150 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB949
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(85, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(85, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 0%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -33.07, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 60.51, 123.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0933 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.15 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1989, 40.6673, 12.6133)
Luminance	0.4067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB949 #7749B9

analogous

#B9AF49 #8BB949 #53B949

triadic

#8BB949 #498BB9 #B9498B

tetradic

#8BB949 #49B9AF #7749B9 #B94953

square

#8BB949 #49B9AF #7749B9 #B94953

split-complementary

#8BB949 #4953B9 #AF49B9

monochromatic

#496226 #6A8E37 #8BB949 #A7CA75 #C3DBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#8BB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#8BB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB949

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB949	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FB1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.150 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ce80',
    500: '#8bb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb949;
$custom-light: #b0ce80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.643,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72958,
    "c": 0.15003,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB949

secondary

#AA96C8

accent

#54D488

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9EF

border

#D0D2CA

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB949

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

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