#8BB957#8BB957

#8BB957 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.137 H 130.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BB957
RGB	rgb(139, 185, 87)
HSL	hsl(88, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(88, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 0%, 53%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -31.71, 44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 54.53, 125.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0884 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.137 130)
XYZ	xyz(29.7164, 40.8743, 15.3389)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BB957 #8557B9

analogous

#B9B657 #8BB957 #5AB957

triadic

#8BB957 #578BB9 #B9578B

tetradic

#8BB957 #57B9B6 #8557B9 #B9575A

square

#8BB957 #57B9B6 #8557B9 #B9575A

split-complementary

#8BB957 #575AB9 #B657B9

monochromatic

#4D6A2C #6C953E #8BB957 #A9CB82 #C7DDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#8BB957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#8BB957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BB957

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BB957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BB957	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)

#C1AD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EB2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bb957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 185, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.137 130.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afce89',
    500: '#8bb957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bb957;
$custom-light: #afce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bb957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.163,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73123,
    "c": 0.13744,
    "h": 130
  },
  "luminance": 0.40875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BB957

secondary

#B5A1CB

accent

#57D190

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BB957

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

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