#8CB12D#8CB12D

#8CB12D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.159 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB12D
RGB	rgb(140, 177, 45)
HSL	hsl(77, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(77, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 0%, 74.6%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -30.90, 59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 66.82, 117.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0899 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.159 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0113, 37.2089, 8.2411)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB12D #522DB1

analogous

#B1942D #8CB12D #4AB12D

triadic

#8CB12D #2D8CB1 #B12D8C

tetradic

#8CB12D #2DB194 #522DB1 #B12D4A

square

#8CB12D #2DB194 #522DB1 #B12D4A

split-complementary

#8CB12D #2D4AB1 #942DB1

monochromatic

#3F4F14 #658021 #8CB12D #ABD14A #C2DD7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#8CB12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#8CB12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB12D

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB12D	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 177, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.159 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1c870',
    500: '#8cb12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb12d;
$custom-light: #b1c870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.818,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70875,
    "c": 0.15933,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB12D

secondary

#8B74C6

accent

#45E371

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F6F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#111308

muted

#80827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB12D

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

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