#8CB156#8CB156

#8CB156 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.127 H 127.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB156
RGB	rgb(140, 177, 86)
HSL	hsl(84, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(84, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 0%, 51.4%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -27.62, 42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 50.37, 123.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0772 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.127 127.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2169, 37.6912, 14.5908)
Luminance	0.3769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB156 #7B56B1

analogous

#B1A956 #8CB156 #5FB156

triadic

#8CB156 #568CB1 #B1568C

tetradic

#8CB156 #56B1A9 #7B56B1 #B1565F

square

#8CB156 #56B1A9 #7B56B1 #B1565F

split-complementary

#8CB156 #565FB1 #A956B1

monochromatic

#4B602C #6C8A40 #8CB156 #A8C480 #C5D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CB156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#8CB156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB156

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB156	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 177, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.127 127.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc888',
    500: '#8cb156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb156;
$custom-light: #afc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.396,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71281,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 127.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB156

secondary

#AE9DC5

accent

#5BCD89

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130B

muted

#80827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB156

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

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