#8CB161#8CB161

#8CB161 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.115 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB161
RGB	rgb(140, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(88, 34%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(88, 45%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 0%, 45.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -26.36, 36.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 45.26, 125.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0728 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.115 129.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6947, 37.8823, 17.1072)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB161 #8661B1

analogous

#B1AE61 #8CB161 #64B161

triadic

#8CB161 #618CB1 #B1618C

tetradic

#8CB161 #61B1AE #8661B1 #B16164

square

#8CB161 #61B1AE #8661B1 #B16164

split-complementary

#8CB161 #6164B1 #AE61B1

monochromatic

#4E6532 #6D8E46 #8CB161 #AAC58A #C8D9B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#8CB161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#8CB161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB161

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB161	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8FAB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.115 129.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afc88f',
    500: '#8cb161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb161;
$custom-light: #afc88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.75,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71441,
    "c": 0.11512,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB161

secondary

#B6A6C8

accent

#5ECA90

background

#FAFCF8

surface

#F5F8F0

border

#CFD1CB

text

#10130C

muted

#7F827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB161

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

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