#8BBD23#8BBD23

#8BBD23 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.179 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBD23
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 35)
HSL	hsl(79, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(79, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, -37.28, 65.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 75.33, 119.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.1079 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.179 127)
XYZ	xyz(29.1486, 42.0049, 8.1618)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBD23 #5523BD

analogous

#BDA223 #8BBD23 #3EBD23

triadic

#8BBD23 #238BBD #BD238B

tetradic

#8BBD23 #23BDA2 #5523BD #BD233E

square

#8BBD23 #23BDA2 #5523BD #BD233E

split-complementary

#8BBD23 #233EBD #A223BD

monochromatic

#3F5610 #658919 #8BBD23 #AADC41 #C1E575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#8BBD23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#8BBD23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBD23

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBD23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBD23	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7AF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91B4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbd23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.179 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d16d',
    500: '#8bbd23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbd23;
$custom-light: #b1d16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbd23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.481,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73634,
    "c": 0.17919,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.42006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBD23

secondary

#8E6FCD

accent

#3CEC75

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111408

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBD23

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

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