#8BBD55#8BBD55

#8BBD55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.145 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBD55
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(89, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(89, 55%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 55%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -33.78, 46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 57.62, 125.90°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0943 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.145 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4844, 42.5393, 15.1974)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBD55 #8755BD

analogous

#BDBB55 #8BBD55 #57BD55

triadic

#8BBD55 #558BBD #BD558B

tetradic

#8BBD55 #55BDBB #8755BD #BD5557

square

#8BBD55 #55BDBB #8755BD #BD5557

split-complementary

#8BBD55 #5557BD #BB55BD

monochromatic

#4D6D2A #6C993C #8BBD55 #A9CE81 #C7DFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8BBD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#8BBD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBD55

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBD55	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8EB6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.145 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd188',
    500: '#8bbd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbd55;
$custom-light: #afd188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.846,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74049,
    "c": 0.14496,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBD55

secondary

#B6A1CD

accent

#54D491

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBD55

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

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