#8CB159#8CB159

#8CB159 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.123 H 128.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB159
RGB	rgb(140, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 36%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(85, 50%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 0%, 49.7%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -27.30, 40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 49.00, 123.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.076 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.123 128)
XYZ	xyz(28.3403, 37.7406, 15.2408)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB159 #7E59B1

analogous

#B1AA59 #8CB159 #60B159

triadic

#8CB159 #598CB1 #B1598C

tetradic

#8CB159 #59B1AA #7E59B1 #B15960

square

#8CB159 #59B1AA #7E59B1 #B15960

split-complementary

#8CB159 #5960B1 #AA59B1

monochromatic

#4C622E #6C8B41 #8CB159 #A9C583 #C6D8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#8CB159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#8CB159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB159

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB159	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.123 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc88a',
    500: '#8cb159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb159;
$custom-light: #afc88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.227,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71322,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.37741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB159

secondary

#B0A0C6

accent

#5CCC8B

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#11130C

muted

#80827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB159

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

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