#8CB049#8CB049

#8CB049 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.137 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB049
RGB	rgb(140, 176, 73)
HSL	hsl(81, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(81, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 0%, 58.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, -28.42, 47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 55.61, 120.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0805 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.137 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5432, 37.1068, 12.0133)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB049 #6D49B0

analogous

#B0A149 #8CB049 #59B049

triadic

#8CB049 #498CB0 #B0498C

tetradic

#8CB049 #49B0A1 #6D49B0 #B04959

square

#8CB049 #49B0A1 #6D49B0 #B04959

split-complementary

#8CB049 #4959B0 #A149B0

monochromatic

#475925 #6A8537 #8CB049 #A8C472 #C2D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#8CB049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#8CB049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB049

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB049	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 176, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.137 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0c77f',
    500: '#8cb049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb049;
$custom-light: #b0c77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.971,
    "s": 41.365,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70883,
    "c": 0.13737,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB049

secondary

#A392C3

accent

#57D181

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#11130A

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB049

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

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