#8BBD49#8BBD49

#8BBD49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.155 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBD49
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(86, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(86, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -34.91, 51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 62.62, 123.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0984 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.155 129.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0475, 42.3645, 12.8961)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBD49 #7B49BD

analogous

#BDB549 #8BBD49 #51BD49

triadic

#8BBD49 #498BBD #BD498B

tetradic

#8BBD49 #49BDB5 #7B49BD #BD4951

square

#8BBD49 #49BDB5 #7B49BD #BD4951

split-complementary

#8BBD49 #4951BD #B549BD

monochromatic

#4A6625 #6B9335 #8BBD49 #A8CD76 #C4DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#8BBD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#8BBD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBD49

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBD49	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FB5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.155 129.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0d180',
    500: '#8bbd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbd49;
$custom-light: #b0d180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.862,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73913,
    "c": 0.1554,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBD49

secondary

#AD97CA

accent

#51D68B

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9EF

border

#D0D2CA

text

#11140A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBD49

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

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