#8BC231#8BC231

#8BC231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.178 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8BC231
RGB	rgb(139, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(83, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(83, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -38.85, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 73.74, 121.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.1112 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.178 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4936, 44.2935, 9.8480)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8BC231 #6831C2

analogous

#C2B131 #8BC231 #42C231

triadic

#8BC231 #318BC2 #C2318B

tetradic

#8BC231 #31C2B1 #6831C2 #C23142

square

#8BC231 #31C2B1 #6831C2 #C23142

split-complementary

#8BC231 #3142C2 #B131C2

monochromatic

#456018 #689125 #8BC231 #A7D65B #C1E28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#8BC231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#8BC231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8BC231

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8BC231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8BC231	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90B9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8bc231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.178 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d474',
    500: '#8bc231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8bc231;
$custom-light: #b1d474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8bc231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.759,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74915,
    "c": 0.17833,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8BC231

secondary

#9F83CC

accent

#45E381

background

#FBFDF7

surface

#F6FAED

border

#D0D3C8

text

#111409

muted

#80837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8BC231

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

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