#8CB05A#8CB05A
#8CB05A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.121 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #8CB05A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(140, 176, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(85, 35%, 52%) |
| HSV | hsv(85, 49%, 69%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(20.5%, 0%, 48.9%, 31%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.55, -26.70, 39.85) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.55, 47.97, 123.82°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.1% -0.0743 0.0955) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.1% 0.121 127.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.1858, 37.3639, 15.3979) |
| Luminance | 0.3736 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Asparagus
#77AB56
ΔE00 3.86
Turtle Green
#75B84F
ΔE00 5.13
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 5.45
Nasty Green
#70B23F
ΔE00 5.46
Sage
#87AE73
ΔE00 5.65
Leaf
#71AA34
ΔE00 5.71
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#8CB05A #7E5AB0
analogous
#B0A95A #8CB05A #61B05A
triadic
#8CB05A #5A8CB0 #B05A8C
tetradic
#8CB05A #5AB0A9 #7E5AB0 #B05A61
square
#8CB05A #5AB0A9 #7E5AB0 #B05A61
split-complementary
#8CB05A #5A61B0 #A95AB0
monochromatic
#4C612E #6C8A42 #8CB05A #A9C483 #C6D8AD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.48
#8CB05A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.47
#8CB05A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #8CB05A
8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##8CB05A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##8CB05A | 1.00 | 2.48 | 8.47 | 8.47 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A653
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A45F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#90A99C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #8cb05a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 176, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.121 127.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#afc78a',
500: '#8cb05a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #8cb05a; $custom-light: #afc78a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#8cb05a",
"rgb": {
"r": 140,
"g": 176,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 85.116,
"s": 35.246,
"l": 52.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71101,
"c": 0.12101,
"h": 127.9
},
"luminance": 0.37364
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#8CB05A
secondary
#B0A0C6
accent
#5DCB8B
background
#FAFCF8
surface
#F5F8F0
border
#CFD1CB
text
#11130C
muted
#80827D