#8BBB59#8BBB59

#8BBB59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.138 H 130.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBB59
RGB	rgb(139, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(89, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(89, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 0%, 52.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -32.43, 44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 54.76, 126.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0903 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.138 130.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2206, 41.7501, 15.9156)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBB59 #8959BB

analogous

#BBBA59 #8BBB59 #5ABB59

triadic

#8BBB59 #598BBB #BB598B

tetradic

#8BBB59 #59BBBA #8959BB #BB595A

square

#8BBB59 #59BBBA #8959BB #BB595A

split-complementary

#8BBB59 #595ABB #BA59BB

monochromatic

#4D6D2D #6C983E #8BBB59 #A9CD84 #C8DFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#8BBB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#8BBB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBB59

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBB59	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DB4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.138 130.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afcf8a',
    500: '#8bbb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbb59;
$custom-light: #afcf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.388,
    "s": 41.88,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73624,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 130.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBB59

secondary

#B7A3CD

accent

#56D293

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBB59

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

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