#8CB040#8CB040

#8CB040 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.145 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB040
RGB	rgb(140, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(79, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(79, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 0%, 63.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -29.18, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 59.37, 119.44°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0834 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.145 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2661, 36.9960, 10.5540)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB040 #6440B0

analogous

#B09C40 #8CB040 #54B040

triadic

#8CB040 #408CB0 #B0408C

tetradic

#8CB040 #40B09C #6440B0 #B04054

square

#8CB040 #40B09C #6440B0 #B04054

split-complementary

#8CB040 #4054B0 #9C40B0

monochromatic

#45561F #688330 #8CB040 #A8C766 #C2D893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#8CB040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#8CB040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB040

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB040	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.145 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c77a',
    500: '#8cb040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb040;
$custom-light: #b0c77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.286,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7079,
    "c": 0.14497,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB040

secondary

#9C89C3

accent

#51D67C

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#111309

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB040

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

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