#8CB157#8CB157

#8CB157 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.126 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB157
RGB	rgb(140, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(85, 37%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(85, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 0%, 50.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, -27.52, 41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 49.92, 123.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.0768 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.126 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2575, 37.7074, 14.8045)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB157 #7C57B1

analogous

#B1A957 #8CB157 #5FB157

triadic

#8CB157 #578CB1 #B1578C

tetradic

#8CB157 #57B1A9 #7C57B1 #B1575F

square

#8CB157 #57B1A9 #7C57B1 #B1575F

split-complementary

#8CB157 #575FB1 #A957B1

monochromatic

#4B612D #6C8A40 #8CB157 #A9C481 #C5D8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CB157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#8CB157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB157

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB157	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)

#B9A74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.126 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc888',
    500: '#8cb157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb157;
$custom-light: #afc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71294,
    "c": 0.1255,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB157

secondary

#AE9EC6

accent

#5BCD8A

background

#FBFCF8

surface

#F6F8F0

border

#D0D1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB157

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

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