#8BB955#8BB955

#8BB955 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.139 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB955
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 85)
HSL	hsl(88, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(88, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 0%, 54.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -31.92, 45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 55.41, 125.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0891 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.139 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6358, 40.8421, 14.9145)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB955 #8355B9

analogous

#B9B555 #8BB955 #59B955

triadic

#8BB955 #558BB9 #B9558B

tetradic

#8BB955 #55B9B5 #8355B9 #B95559

square

#8BB955 #55B9B5 #8355B9 #B95559

split-complementary

#8BB955 #5559B9 #B555B9

monochromatic

#4C692B #6C943D #8BB955 #A9CB80 #C6DDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8BB955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#8BB955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB955

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB955	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.139 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afce88',
    500: '#8bb955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb955;
$custom-light: #afce88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.6,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73097,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB955

secondary

#B39FCB

accent

#56D18F

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB955

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

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