#8BBD42#8BBD42

#8BBD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.161 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBD42
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(84, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(84, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, -35.48, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 65.38, 122.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.85% -0.1006 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(73.85% 0.161 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8283, 42.2768, 11.7419)
Luminance	0.4228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBD42 #7442BD

analogous

#BDB142 #8BBD42 #4EBD42

triadic

#8BBD42 #428BBD #BD428B

tetradic

#8BBD42 #42BDB1 #7442BD #BD424E

square

#8BBD42 #42BDB1 #7442BD #BD424E

split-complementary

#8BBD42 #424EBD #B142BD

monochromatic

#486222 #6A9032 #8BBD42 #A7CD6F #C3DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8BBD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#8BBD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBD42

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBD42	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FB5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.161 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d17c',
    500: '#8bbd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbd42;
$custom-light: #b0d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.39,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73845,
    "c": 0.1609,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBD42

secondary

#A892C9

accent

#50D887

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F9EE

border

#D0D2C9

text

#11140A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBD42

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

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