#8BBD59#8BBD59

#8BBD59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.141 H 131.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BBD59
RGB	rgb(139, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(90, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(90, 53%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 52.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -33.37, 44.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 55.88, 126.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0928 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.141 131.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6478, 42.6046, 16.0580)
Luminance	0.4260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8BBD59 #8B59BD

analogous

#BDBD59 #8BBD59 #59BD59

triadic

#8BBD59 #598BBD #BD598B

tetradic

#8BBD59 #59BDBD #8B59BD #BD5959

square

#8BBD59 #59BDBD #8B59BD #BD5959

split-complementary

#8BBD59 #5959BD #BD59BD

monochromatic

#4E6F2C #6C9B3E #8BBD59 #AACE85 #C8E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#8BBD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#8BBD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BBD59

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BBD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BBD59	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DB6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bbd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.141 131.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd18a',
    500: '#8bbd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bbd59;
$custom-light: #afd18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bbd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 43.103,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.741,
    "c": 0.14121,
    "h": 131.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BBD59

secondary

#B9A4CE

accent

#55D394

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F9F0

border

#D0D2CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BBD59

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

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