#8BC16D#8BC16D
#8BC16D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.127 H 135.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8BC16D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(139, 193, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(99, 40%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(99, 44%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(28%, 0%, 43.5%, 24.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.72, -32.84, 36.70) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.72, 49.24, 131.82°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.34% -0.0901 0.0895) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.34% 0.127 135.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.4770, 44.7320, 21.3880) |
| Luminance | 0.4473 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pistachio
#93C572
ΔE00 1.43
Light Moss Green
#A6C875
ΔE00 4.65
Turtle Green
#75B84F
ΔE00 4.69
Soft Green
#6FC276
ΔE00 5.10
Lichen
#8FB67B
ΔE00 5.23
Sage Green (survey)
#88B378
ΔE00 5.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8BC16D #A36DC1
analogous
#B5C16D #8BC16D #6DC179
triadic
#8BC16D #6D8BC1 #C16D8B
tetradic
#8BC16D #6DB5C1 #A36DC1 #C1796D
square
#8BC16D #6DB5C1 #A36DC1 #C1796D
split-complementary
#8BC16D #796DC1 #C16DB5
monochromatic
#4F7E36 #6BA948 #8BC16D #ADD398 #CFE5C3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.11
#8BC16D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.95
#8BC16D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8BC16D
9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8BC16D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8BC16D | 1.00 | 2.11 | 9.95 | 9.95 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.11 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C7B566
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFB172
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8ABBAD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8bc16d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 193, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.127 135.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#afd498',
500: '#8bc16d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8bc16d; $custom-light: #afd498; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8bc16d",
"rgb": {
"r": 139,
"g": 193,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 98.571,
"s": 40.385,
"l": 59.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7534,
"c": 0.12705,
"h": 135.2
},
"luminance": 0.44733
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8BC16D
secondary
#CAB4D5
accent
#58D0A5
background
#FAFDF9
surface
#F5FAF2
border
#CFD3CC
text
#10140E
muted
#7F837E