HEX Color #8ABD1D (Yellowgreen)

About #8ABD1D

When working with digital screens, the color #8ABD1D is rendered by mixing light. Its closest recognized web color is Yellowgreen. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 138, 189, and 29.

Translating this color to physical media requires the CMYK color model. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 27% cyan and 0% magenta inks. The HSL representation is 79.1° hue, 73.4% saturation, and 42.7% lightness.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#8ABD1D

RGB138, 189, 29

HSL79.1°, 73.4%, 42.7%

CMYK27%, 0%, 85%, 26%

HSV79.1°, 84.7%, 74.1%

LAB70.8, -37.9, 66.9

XYZ28.9, 41.9, 7.7

Decimal9092381

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#8ABD1D #501DBD

Analogous

#BDA01D #39BD1D

Triadic

#1D8ABD #BD1D89

Tetradic

#1DBDA0 #501DBD #BD1D39

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#8ABD1D

#97C436

#A4CB4F

#B1D368

#BEDA81

#CBE19A

#D8E9B3

#E5F0CC

#F2F7E5

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#8ABD1D

#7AA819

#6B9316

#5C7E13

#4C6910

#3D540C

#2E3F09

#1E2A06

#0F1503

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.24:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

9.38:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.14:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

7.97:1

Text on #0F172A

AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #8ABD1D; }

.text-color { color: #8ABD1D; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #8ABD1D; }

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