#8BBD38#8BBD38

#8BBD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.168 H 128.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBD38
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(83, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(83, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -36.19, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 69.03, 121.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.1034 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.168 128)
XYZ	xyz(29.5589, 42.1690, 10.3227)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBD38 #6A38BD

analogous

#BDAC38 #8BBD38 #49BD38

triadic

#8BBD38 #388BBD #BD388B

tetradic

#8BBD38 #38BDAC #6A38BD #BD3849

square

#8BBD38 #38BDAC #6A38BD #BD3849

split-complementary

#8BBD38 #3849BD #AC38BD

monochromatic

#465F1C #688E2A #8BBD38 #A7D062 #C1DE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#8BBD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#8BBD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBD38

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBD38	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)

#C6B022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90B5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.168 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d177',
    500: '#8bbd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbd38;
$custom-light: #b1d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.556,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73762,
    "c": 0.16792,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.4217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBD38

secondary

#A087C9

accent

#4ADE82

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9ED

border

#D0D2C8

text

#111409

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBD38

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

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