#8BBD37#8BBD37

#8BBD37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.169 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBD37
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(82, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(82, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, -36.25, 59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 69.37, 121.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.1036 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.169 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5346, 42.1593, 10.1952)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBD37 #6937BD

analogous

#BDAC37 #8BBD37 #48BD37

triadic

#8BBD37 #378BBD #BD378B

tetradic

#8BBD37 #37BDAC #6937BD #BD3748

square

#8BBD37 #37BDAC #6937BD #BD3748

split-complementary

#8BBD37 #3748BD #AC37BD

monochromatic

#455E1B #688E29 #8BBD37 #A7D160 #C1DF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#8BBD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#8BBD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBD37

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBD37	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90B4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.169 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d176',
    500: '#8bbd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbd37;
$custom-light: #b1d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.388,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73754,
    "c": 0.16856,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBD37

secondary

#9F86C9

accent

#4ADE81

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111409

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBD37

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

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