#8BC159#8BC159

#8BC159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.147 H 131.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC159
RGB	rgb(139, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(91, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(91, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 0%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -35.21, 46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 58.10, 127.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% -0.0979 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.147 131.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5202, 44.3492, 16.3488)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC159 #8F59C1

analogous

#BFC159 #8BC159 #59C15B

triadic

#8BC159 #598BC1 #C1598B

tetradic

#8BC159 #59BFC1 #8F59C1 #C15B59

square

#8BC159 #59BFC1 #8F59C1 #C15B59

split-complementary

#8BC159 #5B59C1 #C159BF

monochromatic

#4E742B #6CA13C #8BC159 #AAD286 #C9E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#8BC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#8BC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC159

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC159	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8DBAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.147 131.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afd48b',
    500: '#8bc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc159;
$custom-light: #afd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.154,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75052,
    "c": 0.14687,
    "h": 131.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC159

secondary

#BCA5D1

accent

#53D596

background

#FBFDF8

surface

#F6FAF0

border

#D0D3CB

text

#11140C

muted

#80837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC159

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

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